Never mind - I googled it. Turns out that one of the lakes (Lake LBJ, oddly enough) is where that kid died recently of the brain amoeba. Yikes.
-LBJ
i have read up on that and it seems to be a warm (hot) water thing.
late october should be ok. it sucks that you share the same initials as the lake of death.:(
hey leonard, didn't you swim in the harlem river?
anyway, i am doing it. terry is too.
the idea of a five day stage race is too much to pass up.
i have read up on that and it seems to be a warm (hot) water thing.
late october should be ok. it sucks that you share the same initials as the lake of death.:(
hey leonard, didn't you swim in the harlem river?
anyway, i am doing it. terry is too.
the idea of a five day stage race is too much to pass up.
I admit that it would be tempting if I'd known about it sooner (I'm in rotten shape) and if I killed my wife so I could spend the $$ to go.
Yes, I did swim in the Harlem in 2006 and I got SICK, SICK, SICK. By the thrid day, I would have welcomed death by brain amoeba.
Have a good time. Be sure to get back to us with a report on how it went - I may pencil it in for next year and start plotting to kill Deb without being caught.
-LBJ (No relation to the Lake of Death)
Hmm - pretty cool concept! I'll have to think about that for next year when I have some training behind me. Could be spending a lot of swim time in Texas in '08!
i had a great time!
the idea of a stage race has always appealed to me. i wish there had been a larger turnout though. as this was not a usms sanctioned event, i don't believe that it made it to any of the calenders. (something about only the lmsc can submit events to appear on usms calenders?)
i only heard of it from keith bell who i met last june at a 5k in cape cod.
it would be great to have a "mother of all open water swims listing".
austin is a great swimming city, with year round ow opportunity (i'm sure that those lakes get unbearably hot in the summer)
i will definitely do it again next year. i was so ready for an open water fix at the end of october.
I love these multi-day things. I was lucky enough to meet a writer for Outside mag a couple years ago while working out in a local pool, and he invited me on this gig:
outside.away.com/.../swimming-british-virgin-islands-1.html
Now I repeat the adventure every year.
Hopper
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