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The voice of mile 18
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Okay, so I just spent the last thread trying to convince SLO_HAND that I was comfortable in the water, but still.... Whenever I'm swimming by myself in open water (or my friends have gone on way ahead or behind), I sometimes find myself inventing incredibly bizarre phobias. What if that anchor down there is really a gateway to hell? What if there ARE freshwater sharks? What happens if the lake starts to drain and turns into a giant whirlpool? I'm never troubled by what could be real concerns - I'm not worried about sharks, when I'm, say, in the ocean. Or worry too much about getting hit by a drunk-ass motorboat driver when on a lake. Does anyone else do this? Or is it just me?
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I'd have to agree with you Erica though I'm ususally fine on race day. but in traininig and especially on my own I can really freak myself out. what was that movie?....you know the one where all the dead bodies are tied to the bottom? That or the scene where Freddie jumps out of the water at the end of friday the 13th. THESE are the things that cross my mind. Other than that... I love swimming!
BTW, Erica, where do you do your swims? I "lived in somerville" for my undergrad. My brother still lives in the Boston area (he's the reason I got into Tris vs just running) and does his OWS practice in Walden Pond.
I always imagine the sea weed I'm swimming through is really the gilly (sp?) weed from Harry Potter. It's going to latch on to me and take me down. Freshwater sharks have crossed my mind too, lol.
Mystic Lakes early in the morning before the lifeguards show up (sometimes with friends and a couple times with the Mystic Marauders, if he wants to look them up), and Walden Pond. I also spent a lot of time swimming in upstate NY last year, but that's not terribly close to Somerville. I also "lived in Somerville" for my undergrad. Actually - looks like we might have overlapped at the same school at the same time, probably getting the same degree (Computer Science).
I think I may have done some running around Mystic Lakes, I had a brief stint on the various running teams there. My only personal experience at Walden was at 2am. Yes, I did study CS, finishing in 1995 (spent my junior year in england, though). If you tell me you did your swimming in Lake George, that'll be too much (I grew up in upstate and my parents still have a boat there).
Funny, I graduated in '97 - I can't imagine we didn't meet, or at least spent time in Halligan (or maybe it was still Pearson then) at the same time.