Quote Originally Posted by eclectic View Post
And I just don't like the thought of putting my face in icky water and swallowing it if I accidently get a mouth full which seems highly likely. When at the lake I seem to always do a heads up modified trudgen (crawl stroke arms w/ whip kick legs) or heads up breast stroke.
Well, I can tell you... I have swallowed TONS of water from nasty Texas lakes... and somehow I haven't gotten sick.

I even swallowed water that smelled like gasoline, thanks to the power boats near by. YUCK! Not my choice, but it happened. That was probably not safe.

But yea, I can't swim without swallowing SOME water. It's just the way it is for me.