Urination in Open Water Swimming

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Former Member — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:39:56 GMT

Someone in my team asked me recently what I did if I had to do number 2's during a long OW swim. Fortunately that issue has yet to rear it's ugly head for me.

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

orca1946 — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:03:48 GMT

Sure , we all have - we just don't bring it up!:D

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Former Member — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:04:56 GMT

A big part of why I stopped at the 9 mile mark of the Tampa Bay Swim a few years back was because I needed to relieve myself and couldn't do it while swimming or floating or treading water. Oh, and I didn't have to pee. It would have been difficult to practice that maneuver in the local pool! :confused: I would have certainly tried! I've seen Ironman guys spot right on the side of the road on the run to do #2.

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Former Member — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:31:50 GMT

The famous brown trout. We used to call it "Tagging and releasing the Brown Shark":D

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Kevin in MD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:40:30 GMT

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Former Member — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:54:46 GMT

The famous brown trout.

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Former Member — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:37:47 GMT

Oh, I tried, just couldn't pull it off during the race. I can't imagine swimming nearly another 20 miles with a "Turtlehead" would be very comfortable! :D

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Kevin in MD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:10:57 GMT

:confused: I would have certainly tried! I've seen Ironman guys spot right on the side of the road on the run to do #2. Oh, I tried, just couldn't pull it off during the race.

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Former Member — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:39:18 GMT

Do fish pee in the water? Yes. They poop and have sex also. So, I'm swimming in the wet spot?

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Former Member — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:38:40 GMT

ONE time I swam at the fittness center pool after the water aerobics class,..lots of over-weight women,..lots of old women. I saw what looked like a few big snowflakes suspended between the surface and the bottom,..it turned out to be a disintegrated Depends. I got out immediately and was covered with a slick of body lotion. :afraid:

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Former Member — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:49:43 GMT

Do fish pee in the water? Yes. They poop and have sex also. All in the water. Be scared, very scared. I'm thinking about leglislation or something to that effect. What about the CRABS!! :afraid:

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Former Member — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:17:57 GMT

Do fish pee in the water? Yes. They poop and have sex also. All in the water. Be scared, very scared. I'm thinking about leglislation or something to that effect.

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Former Member — Wed, 13 May 2009 05:27:42 GMT

Do fish pee in the water?

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Former Member — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:37:10 GMT

Does chlorine really kill off urine? Chlorine combines with organic compounds (urine, sweat, saliva, other bodily fluid/mucous) to form THMs, which causes cancer. While sweat and saliva are unavoidable in the pool, whether the pool is contaminated by urine or *** :eek: depends on what the swimmers decide to do. Needless to say, the amount of urine of just one person is probably more than the sweat of all swimmers in the pool combined.

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Former Member — Sun, 10 May 2009 05:08:26 GMT

Why does it have to be open water swimming?! :D I haven't gotten out of the pool in years and years!!:agree: As female medical doctor friend and former Stanford swimmer says "it's only uric acid" Uric acid (or urate) is an organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen with the formula C5H4N4O3. :agree: Just to remind you that urine, as an organic compound, increases the carcinogen THMs in the chlorinated pools. If you urinate in the pool you would be exposed to the THMs more than others. For the sake of your own and other's health please don't do that. I'm sure every pool facility has bathrooms not far away from the pool--that's where urine belongs :cool:

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Former Member — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:57:13 GMT

I had a college buddy (to rename nameless) stand in the gutter over flow before practice and proceed to just "go" while it ran down his leg in the gutter. THAT was pretty disturbing.

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Former Member — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:03:06 GMT

Does chlorine really kill off urine? Chlorine doesn't kill urine as normally urine is sterile there is no bacteria to kill. However it is acidic, I suppose if several blue whales peed in the pool you might have to add some extra alkali - this is most commonly soda ash (sodium carbonate) to balance out the PH level.

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Former Member — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:56:12 GMT

Does chlorine really kill off urine?

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knelson — Tue, 05 May 2009 06:12:00 GMT

I'm not concerned about it hurting me. I just don't want to swim through urine and I can't really believe anyone else does.

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Former Member — Sun, 03 May 2009 12:53:45 GMT

Come on guys, do the math....a squirt of pee in the pool. You swim in lakes and the oceans don't you?! Swim in the pool with me and you WILL meet "Big Chief Yellowcloud"! :afraid:

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Former Member — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:42:49 GMT

Sometimes the water is a bit frigid. I am but one man, perhaps, wee, as a group could help lower the costs to swim at our pools.

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Former Member — Sat, 02 May 2009 13:23:28 GMT

So Uric Acid won't hurt us? Is it less dangerous than the spittle spray from a sneeze or cough? I always wondered about that. :confused: As gross as it may seem and just like Survivorman you can drink it if you have too. It is less dangerous then the spittle spray as normally urine is sterile, although you can have infection in which bacteria may show up in it. healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

knelson — Sat, 02 May 2009 12:22:06 GMT

Why does it have to be open water swimming?! :D I haven't gotten out of the pool in years and years!!:agree: I'm glad my wife doesn't read this forum. I've been trying to convince for years that people don't really pee in the pool. That's one of the main reasons she doesn't like swimming. Seriously, dude, use the toilet.

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Former Member — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:28:41 GMT

including the footnote.

RE: Urination in Open Water Swimming

Former Member — Sat, 02 May 2009 07:26:52 GMT

My answers are identical to SFBaySwimmer's.