Is that the sea in your sinuses...

[andygates]

Open-water swim followed by a barbie at the literally palatial pad of one of Exeter Tri's chaps today. A good educational (if short) swim in which I discover some useful things, like:

* Much of my OW swim problem comes from all the seawater getting down the back of my nose. If I trump like an heffalump, this doesn't happen and I can concentrate on my stroke (zipperskate, young Jedi).

* It's not just me, it happens to the other OW newbie too and she's a stronger pool swimmer. Seems that seawater cheats and gets in where freshwater doesn't. I wonder why?

* Tri totty. Say no more. well, I could, but this is public. Visions of loveliness.

* You think you're lean? You think you're ripped? You're a soft squishy plush toy. Ripped is when your sixpack is vsible through your wetsuit. He's young and I hate him even if he does tell filthy jokes.

* You are naked without your HRM.

Comments

Seawater up the nose

[gedhrel.livejournal.com]

Yes, I bloody hate this, and it certainly happens more than in the pool just as you bob up and down with the waves: you're moving more relative to the water. Seawater makes me sick to puking in no time flat. Think the only thing to do is to breathe out through your nose more-or-less continually. Might mean you're breathing more frequently, but at least you're not vomiting*. My personal approach is to sit on a dinghy and avoid submerging.

* This was my least favourite part of the coasteering event.

Re: Seawater up the nose

[alacerus.livejournal.com]

You'll be glad you didn't jump from the high jump then - right up there:-)