Race on Saturday

[threadwalker]

I have a race I've been looking forward to all year and it's on Saturday in Pacific Grove. I LOVE this race. It's a weekend away for us sans kids at a cute B&B and I get to throw myself into the ocean, do a great bike ride and then run alongside some happy-go-lucky fellow triathletes.

Thanks to evilviscountess and ermine_rat (I feel like i have a secret pit crew-scout corps), I am now aware of the health advisory that's been on-going at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove. A warning of high bacteria was posted yesterday, recommending people stay out of the water and since testing is weekly, it won't be tested again before the race.

First Thought: The Race Must go on! I am on antibiotics right now, I'll be fine!!!

Second thought: I live with kids; I've been exposed to everything and continue to live "at risk." Can this really be all that bad? I've been in kiddie pools afterall. Those have to be the worst bug factories ever.

And then I did some 'net research. The risks: I could race on Saturday and spend all of Sunday and Monday vomitting, diahrhea, gain a stomach parasite or two and, if I'm really lucky, get another skin condition. (I admit, a small voice in the back of my head said, "The Race Must Go ON! Antibiotics Forever!")

However, I then found a link to the posted results for the emo monitoring and although the results for this week are up, it's the average that's high, not the single sample.

Swimming is on.

Comments

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

A thought re swimming: keep your mouth shut so you don't accidentally drink any of the water. Can't hurt.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

it's salt water, which IMO is totally gross. no swallowing. ever.

[dame-cordelia.livejournal.com]

True, but I've spent enough time in the ocean to have gotten salt water in my nose or mouth when I didn't mean or want it.

[fighter-chick.livejournal.com]

Try like hell to avoid getting any breaks in your skin before or during the swim. Getting that bacteria into any cuts or scrapes or tears does not lead to good things.

[kiffinyjean.livejournal.com]

i think you're cool. we must have coffee or lunch again :)

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

you are cool, too.

If it's a leap of leopards, a murder of crows and a herd of cows, what is it for a collection of cool people?

A Freeze of Cool?

A Blast of Cool?

We should definitely have coffee/lunch and be a Blast of Cool!