Reply With Quote
YIKES and EEEWWWWW GROSS!
Is this a lake you normally swim in???
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 15 of 22
Thread: More OWS trauma...
-
06-14-2008, 07:09 AM #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- New Jersey
- Posts
- 1,940
More OWS trauma...
To disable ads, please log-in.
In a word...
LEECHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And Killer Swans
i don't think anything more needs to be said.....
-
06-14-2008, 07:43 AM #2
I heart my bike
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- where the wind comes sweeping down the plain
- Posts
- 5,251
Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
Cervelo P2C (tri bike)
Bianchi Eros (commuter/touring road bike)
1983 Motobecane mixte (commuter/errand bike)
Cannondale F5 mountain bike
-
06-14-2008, 07:48 AM #3
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- New Jersey
- Posts
- 1,940
I realized after I posted this that it may seem that I was minimizing what happened to Jes. I hope it did not come across that way. I was thinking of her the whole time we were swimming and in fact did not tell my DH until afterwards. I was afraid of freaking him out. Which I did anyway.
So, now back to the leeches. Yes, we always swim in this lake. We do not normally have swans, and good lord, I do not recall leeches, which did not bother the DH at all. Yikes.
-
06-14-2008, 07:51 AM #4
What's next? A half iron?
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Kelowna, BC, Canada
- Posts
- 2,737
You guys are all freaking me out just days before I do my first OWS.
. There are no leeches or swans in my lake thank god. I could have a run in with geese or tourists tho...
It is never too late to be what you might have been. ~ George Elliot
My podcast about being a rookie triathlete:Kelownagurl Tris Podcast
-
06-14-2008, 09:40 AM #5
"She's a little dense"
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Location
- Columbia River Gorge
- Posts
- 3,565
Leeches!!!! Eek!
swans, not so gross but definitely a force to be reckoned with.Living life like there's no tomorrow.
http://gorgebikefitter.com/
2007 Look Dura Ace
2010 Custom Tonic cross with discs, SRAM
2012 Moots YBB 2 x 10 Shimano XTR
2014 Soma B-Side SS
-
06-14-2008, 09:42 AM #6
I heart my bike
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- where the wind comes sweeping down the plain
- Posts
- 5,251
I didn't think it came across as minimizing what happened to Jes at all (which scares me just thinking about what happened to her).
I would've freaked out if I saw leeches! Yikes! Our lakes are full of water snakes, mean snapping turtles, giant catfish and other lakely creatures. Thank goodness most water animals are very afraid of me thrashing around and they keep their distance. Sorry about the nasty encounters with killer swans and disgusting leeches. Eeewwww!Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com
Cervelo P2C (tri bike)
Bianchi Eros (commuter/touring road bike)
1983 Motobecane mixte (commuter/errand bike)
Cannondale F5 mountain bike
-
06-14-2008, 11:34 AM #7
In-app purchases
- Join Date
- Sep 2007
- Location
- Uncanny Valley
- Posts
- 14,498
omg. I can't even watch "The African Queen." So much for me ever doing a tri!
Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
-
06-14-2008, 01:49 PM #8
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2005
- Location
- New Jersey
- Posts
- 1,940
Water snakes trump leeches....I hate snakes.
-
06-14-2008, 02:57 PM #9
Registered User
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Location
- Skagit County, Washington
- Posts
- 1,306
LOL!
I'll take a little fluid in my lungs any day over LEECHES! Ugh! Swans can be deadly -- they are so beautiful from afar, but look out if you are next to a mad one! Maybe you need to carry pepper spray on your OWS!?
Everyone Deserves a Lifetime
-
06-14-2008, 04:51 PM #10
Registered User
- Join Date
- Oct 2005
- Location
- Central Texas
- Posts
- 440
Oh my gosh - you guys are freaking me out with all the stuff that is in the water. I'm doing my first OWS of the year with some of the tri girls that I've met down here in TX tomorrow, and now I don't want to get in the water. I must keep repeating to myself - it can't be worse than the TN river, it can't be worse than the TN river. Aaagh!!!
-
06-14-2008, 06:18 PM #11
I am a leaf on the wind
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Posts
- 2,208
OMG, leeches??
Our lakes are totally tame in comparison. We do have weeds encroaching in some places near the bank, which can be nerve wracking when they get thick and you can feel them on your feet (just keep swimming... just keep swimming...). I guess we have trout...
I have to say, the worst are disrespectful wakeboarders and boaters. My husband paddles next to me in a BRIGHT RED KAYAK and some of them cut us very close -- which leads to me swallowing water, and him nearly rolling. Share the lake, folks!
-
06-14-2008, 06:49 PM #12
Registered User
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Posts
- 2,716
Today I was riding a bike rally... and me this guy were chatting it up... he just got into tri's and said he swam with our tri club 3 days ago in the lake... and he came out with LEECHES on his feet!
YUCK!
There is no way I'm going to be cool with leeches. My boyfriend and I even discussed it in detail at dinner at how we can't tolerate that. NO WAY.
So in Dallas, Texas... we got leeches in our lakes too apparently."Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather, to skid in broadside thoroughly used-up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: WOW WHAT A RIDE!!!!"
-
06-15-2008, 04:14 PM #13
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2008
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV
- Posts
- 14
Wow I am fortunate to swim in Lake Mead where the only thing to contend with is dirt and the occasionally SeaDoo and boats. I haven't seen any fish the 5 times I swam in the lake, just dirt on the bottom.
-
06-15-2008, 04:26 PM #14
Home of pea gravel
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Location
- Perth, Western Australia
- Posts
- 5,316
hmm
I think i'd rather be stung by a stinger than have leeches in the water!!! Do you have to carry salt with you? We carry vinegar or just pee on the area
Then again, you could be one of the crazy folks that do the open water swim in Northern Western Australia with salties.. THey apparently leave the swimmers alone..
-
06-15-2008, 05:28 PM #15
Not as fast as I feel
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- Boulder
- Posts
- 930
Water snakes trump leeches....I hate snakes.
Here's a little friend I met today at my open water swim... luckily he showed his face after everyone was done swimming and had packed up, but logic says that if he was there afterwards, he was probably there during the swim too!
Edited to say that he looks small in this picture... he was actually about 2 feet long and swimming happily along with his head out just checking things out.
