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Big Martin and the nightswimming crew.
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There was a bit of humming and hawing about the validity of the exercise but all in all it was pretty enjoyable in a number of ways.
1. It turns out it was the first time Foxy has nightswum sober and with togs.
2. Conor was stung 3 times by the same jellyfish (which of course he did not see - but was no doubt attracted to him by the mission impossible style "nightstick" that was attached to the back of his goggles).
3. The comedy sound of a group of girls that you cant see chattering and giggling out in the see…some things never change.
On a serious note, the only thing that you can see when you are swimming at night are the bubbles leaving your mouth and around your hand (and your hand obviously), you could be in 3 feet of water or 300 feet and you are none the wiser, there could be eels or jelly fish right beside you and you are blind to it. In that sense you can just focus on the swimming - you cant worry about things that you cant see. Jellyfish generally are fairly disturbing creatures and if you hit a batch of them you really want to alter your course…but at night…what can you do?
I'm starting a study that will monitor build up of gas in the human body after swimming. It seems clear that after swimming the body is compelled to expel air at a higher rate than when swimming has not occurred. Perhaps it has something to do with the way one breathes whilst swimming?
Comments welcome.
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