OK all jokes about growing an extra limb or coming out cooked. Will I have to worry about the water in the Hudson north of the Tappan Zee Bridge?
Do any OW swimmer take any meds to prevent any sicknesses. I don't plan to drink the water...
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Princess Studmuffin,
Do you need me to come protect you from the wildlife?
I bet Leonard has some good horror stories for you....Yoohoo, Leonard, are you out there?
Hi Swimmy -
Am still around occasionally - have been too busy taking care of my wife (neurological problem) and my mother (senility) to swim much or have much time here. Sigh...
Other than the jellyfish sting from H@ll last year (in the East River and I was numb for almost 2 hours after) and then getting violently, deathly ill for three days after MIMs, I've just had the usual assortment of open water perils. The only really odd one was the time at the Swim For Life in Chestertown, MD when I got my hand caught/sliced up in an abandoned crab trap during the 5 mile. I also got a fishhook in my foot during the Lehigh River Swim. My worst open water injury occured on dry land BEFORE my first race when a woman dropped a park picnic table on my foot and broke a toe.
Stud just has to remember the open water swimmer's creed: If you can't see it, it can't hurt you.
Hope you are well,
LBJ
Stud just has to remember the open water swimmer's creed: If you can't see it, it can't hurt you.
Maybe the fishies might need to worry more about me...I love sushi!
This is one of the funniest round of replies I've seen in a long time. Thanks so much for the laughter from everyone's experiences.
Hey, Stud, I'm going back to Texas for awhile shortly and have joined an OW Swim Group and will now be swimming only in a lake (Joe Pool Lake). I, too, hate stepping on that mud that squishes between the toes. But the upside for me is because it's fresh water, my tongue and throat won't swell up like it always does at mile number 3 in the ocean. Plus, the only marine life will be trout and bass. No shark/jellyfish/sea lice worries for awhile!:banana:
Just did a training swim at Sandy Point State Park, which is a "beach" on the west end of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. More like a sand-colored gravel pit leading to my favorite body of water/diesel/unidentifiable muck, but whatever. :D Anyway, had VERY good experience using Zofran beforehand - had my usual bout of retching I always have in salt water, but acclimated REALLY FAST and had no more problems the rest of my swim (unless you count the jellyfish sting near the end of my last interval). This is a big improvement over what I'm accustomed to in swimming in salt water. (I just made sure I piloted the Zofran in the pool first to make sure it didn't make me dizzy!)
