You might be an open water swimmer if ...
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@rosemarymint - I use Bag Balm. It works very well. Got me through 10.5 hours the other day. The only chafe spot I have is where I sandpapered off part of my shoulder with my chin - I didn't think to lube either my chin or my shoulder.
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...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
"I never met a shark I didn't like"
...anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Your friends have to bribe you to stop swimming and do something else during the above- mentioned trips.
I actually am glad someone else said that! LOL
Funniest thing I've read all day! I was just thinking I'm going to have to sunscreen only the lower part of my face on a daily basis so my forehead an catch up!
...you spend more than an hour/day searching Google Maps for new, and interesting places to swim.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
So true which is why our holiday last year was 'this is a good site...it has a lake, this one is near a river....oooo right by the sea'
That doesn't mean you're an open water swimmer. It means that you either don't have enough suits, or you aren't hanging them up to dry. I remember putting on wet suits for two a days when I was in high school. Fortunately, I can afford more suits now.
In the spirit of "you never know when you might like to go for a swim," I threw a suit and googles into the kit for a weekend in Niagara Falls (watch out for barrels!) and got in a swim in a sweet lake favored by Ann Arbor families on the trip home (thanks to Mustang Chef for the info).
For next time: any put-in spot for swimmers on north side (Canadian) of L Ontario, along Niagara Parkway? What a beautiful area! The shining sea. I ate fresh farmstand strawberries while watching a lone kayaker and a lone sailboat making their peaceable way.
won't throw it away.
By the way, I would have come last but one in the 100m freestyle heats.
Not only that, you're excited that the water is cooling down enough that you can swim in it again.
(A corollary to Haydn's post above)
Variation on that last one:
You have just moved to Scandinavia and are worried the water will be too warm for proper training in the summer.
Sylle - EC Fly 2013 [Video]
(that particular ferry crossing is 100 miles down Channel from Dover/Calais)
(current pool temperature 76F and falling!)
http://notdrowningswimming.com - open water adventures of a very ordinary swimmer
Happened at our pool this past summer. It didn't get a whole lot below 78, but I loved it while it lasted.
I travel for work almost every week. I'll pick a hotel ten miles away from the customer over one walking distance if the further one has a pool you can actually lap swim in. I've been incredibly lucky to have access to a 33yard pool for the last 6 months of travel. Though I have lost count of the number of times I have jammed my hands into the ends because of the lack of markings. I used to carry weights glued to lucite to use as a homebrew end of lane warning, but the TSA confiscated them
http://notdrowningswimming.com - open water adventures of a very ordinary swimmer