I'm getting more and more spooked by algae, seaweed, etc...
Former Member
hello all, i've been swimming in a lake in upstate NY the last few weeks and I'm finding I get more and more spooked when I see algae, leaves, branches, etc. Any suggestions on how to work on this? I found when I concentrated and counted strokes, I could keep my form and do well. But it didn't last. I'd start to spook myself out again and my form would deteriorate because i keep trying to sight what's ahead of me.
How do you deal with the harmless debris you might bump into on your lake or ocean swims?
The lake i'm in is relatively clean, though murky. 3-4 feet visibility. I also have a kayaker accompany me.
Chris
Whoa! I think I've had the urge for open-water swims scared out of me after reading this thread!
And I'm reading it because I can't sleep!
And I love the ads that accompany it at the beginning: nervous dogs! How, I wonder, do they integrate the ads with the threads?
Perhaps if all you brave open-water swimmers went to nervous dog school you wouldn't mind finding part of a human leg. Aieeeee.
I have swum in the Charles River and I have capsized while sailing in the Charles River exactly pretty much close enough to where they almost always find complete bodies that have washed downstream or emerged after the river thaws. At least three over the last few years. So I guess I'm braver than I think. But if I hit one! No, no, no.
Now I'm all scared. That poor person. A leg. A piece of driftwood in the mouth. Pilings. Yah.
Whoa! I think I've had the urge for open-water swims scared out of me after reading this thread!
And I'm reading it because I can't sleep!
And I love the ads that accompany it at the beginning: nervous dogs! How, I wonder, do they integrate the ads with the threads?
Perhaps if all you brave open-water swimmers went to nervous dog school you wouldn't mind finding part of a human leg. Aieeeee.
I have swum in the Charles River and I have capsized while sailing in the Charles River exactly pretty much close enough to where they almost always find complete bodies that have washed downstream or emerged after the river thaws. At least three over the last few years. So I guess I'm braver than I think. But if I hit one! No, no, no.
Now I'm all scared. That poor person. A leg. A piece of driftwood in the mouth. Pilings. Yah.
