Comments on: Triathlete Woe #1: Stop Bugging Me http://www.mediocreathlete.com/woes/triathlete-woe-1-stop-bugging-me Never first, but (almost) never last. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:04:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rebecca http://www.mediocreathlete.com/woes/triathlete-woe-1-stop-bugging-me/comment-page-1#comment-205 Rebecca Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:04:34 +0000 http://www.mediocreathlete.com/?p=364#comment-205 That. Is. Gross. Also, holy crap Sebastian, are you allergic to bee stings? That sounded pretty abnormal. That. Is. Gross.

Also, holy crap Sebastian, are you allergic to bee stings? That sounded pretty abnormal.

]]> By: Triathlete-Wannabe... http://www.mediocreathlete.com/woes/triathlete-woe-1-stop-bugging-me/comment-page-1#comment-204 Triathlete-Wannabe... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:15:57 +0000 http://www.mediocreathlete.com/?p=364#comment-204 Ok, serious worse bug story I've heard? (No pun intended) A friend of mine had a moth fly INTO HER EAR AND GET STUCK IN THERE! Oh yeah, it flew in, couldn't figure out how to get out and was flapping around IN HER EAR! I don't even know how she did not go crazy, I would have freaked out! It was flapping, and clawing, and making her ear bleed. She had to go to the doctor's to get it out.... Discuss, talk amongst yourselves. Ok, serious worse bug story I’ve heard? (No pun intended) A friend of mine had a moth fly INTO HER EAR AND GET STUCK IN THERE! Oh yeah, it flew in, couldn’t figure out how to get out and was flapping around IN HER EAR! I don’t even know how she did not go crazy, I would have freaked out! It was flapping, and clawing, and making her ear bleed. She had to go to the doctor’s to get it out….

Discuss, talk amongst yourselves.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.mediocreathlete.com/woes/triathlete-woe-1-stop-bugging-me/comment-page-1#comment-203 Sebastian Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:32:04 +0000 http://www.mediocreathlete.com/?p=364#comment-203 Haha, sounds so familiar. This year, I was doing my first open water training of the season. It was a beautiful day: the sun was shining, the temperature was around 24 degrees (Celcius that is!), my brand new wetsuit fitted perfectly, in other words: I was totally motivated when I entered the water. On top of that the water temperature was very comfortable, so I swam 1 km up and 1 km back, without any problems, in a very reasonable time too for my doing: everything was going extremely well ... I got out of the water and was just taking off my wetsuit and telling my training partner how much I enjoyed it, when some kind of monster fly or bee or whatever it was came flying towards me with what seemed only one intention: stinging me, as hard as it could to cause me trouble for as long as it could. At first it was not too bad, it hurt only for a short while, so I forgot about it. But as the evening approached my biceps had grown too Arnold Schwarzenegger-size and were itching like hell. I couldn't sleep all night because of it. The second night was somewhat better, but still a torture. Only 4 till 5 days later my arm was back to its normal size (Sylvester Stallone-size that is ;), but the itching lasted, although much less, for another week! How one stupid bug can cause so much trouble ... or how triathletes all over the world are all having the same kind of problems. Greetings from Belgium! Haha, sounds so familiar.

This year, I was doing my first open water training of the season. It was a beautiful day: the sun was shining, the temperature was around 24 degrees (Celcius that is!), my brand new wetsuit fitted perfectly, in other words: I was totally motivated when I entered the water. On top of that the water temperature was very comfortable, so I swam 1 km up and 1 km back, without any problems, in a very reasonable time too for my doing: everything was going extremely well … I got out of the water and was just taking off my wetsuit and telling my training partner how much I enjoyed it, when some kind of monster fly or bee or whatever it was came flying towards me with what seemed only one intention: stinging me, as hard as it could to cause me trouble for as long as it could.

At first it was not too bad, it hurt only for a short while, so I forgot about it. But as the evening approached my biceps had grown too Arnold Schwarzenegger-size and were itching like hell. I couldn’t sleep all night because of it. The second night was somewhat better, but still a torture. Only 4 till 5 days later my arm was back to its normal size (Sylvester Stallone-size that is ;), but the itching lasted, although much less, for another week!

How one stupid bug can cause so much trouble …
or how triathletes all over the world are all having the same kind of problems.

Greetings from Belgium!

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