You might be an open water swimmer if ...

you are standing in the supermarket, wondering which dish-washing liquid would be the best choice for the shower ...
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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.
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Your friends have to bribe you to stop swimming and do something else during the above- mentioned trips.
...you spend more than an hour/day searching Google Maps for new, and interesting places to swim.
www.darren-miller.com Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
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.
(A corollary to Haydn's post above)
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!)
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