Not to beat a dead horse but....

[Dismom+two]

I was just listening to a podcast...seriously can't remember although I'm sure it was a old one...and Julie was talking about the Disney Triathlon.

Now I know this is a running....swimming and biking thing....
WHERE do they swim???

Seeing as we are suppose to stay out of the %@*& lakes.

 

[BRobson]

 

[SamIAm21]

The main factor regarding the amoebas is the water temperature. I believe both Pete & Walter mentioned that once the lake water was above 80 degrees (F), the amoebas become active. So, if the triathalon is held in the cooler months of the year, it may mitigate that risk to some degree. The alligators though, well, I'm just thinking they must have spotters.

 

[MenashaCorp]

I have to say I am disappointed and offended that anyone would suggest beating a poor, dead horse.
















(not)

 

[SamIAm21]

I have to say I am disappointed and offended that anyone would suggest beating a poor, dead horse.





(not)

Well, now I need to go find the Windex and some paper towels! Coke meet monitor, monitor meet Coke!

 

[FireDancer]

The swim for the tri is in Bay Lake off of Fort Wilderness campground.

 

[DisneyKevin]

They wear nose plugs.

The amoebas are most heavily concentrated in the shallow water where it gets warmest.

The horse is dead.

 

[crazydisneyman]

They wear nose plugs.

The amoebas are most heavily concentrated in the shallow water where it gets warmest.

The horse is dead.

Kevin,

You usually say: "The horse is dead, get off!"

 

[fakereadhed]

They wear nose plugs.

The amoebas are most heavily concentrated in the shallow water where it gets warmest.

The horse is dead.

So I can wear noseplugs and swim at the Poly Beach?

 

[DisneyKevin]

So I can wear noseplugs and swim at the Poly Beach?

You can.

You shouldn't....but you can.

 

[Dismom+two]

you may still be gator bait!

 

[BRobson]

You lot crack me up

 

[Dismom+two]

On the menu today....

Tourist torso..marinated in lake water with just a hint of sunblock.

 

[TriMom]

The amoeba actually live in the sand/mud and not the water. When you splash at the edge, you are stirring up the mud with the water and then create the safety hazard. We triathletes really try to get as far away from shore as quickly as we can. It being a race and all .

Also in more random info - Disney Sports is no longer organizing the Triathlon. They have replaced it with a Tri managed by another management company and allow it to take place on property. The end result is no more Disney medals, and an outrageously high entry free. No more Disney Tris for me.

 

[jillyb]

On the menu today....

Tourist torso..marinated in lake water with just a hint of sunblock.

 

[Blumonkeyboy]

On the menu today....

Tourist torso..marinated in lake water with just a hint of sunblock.

Kevin should do a review on that dish!

 

[CDolacki2003]

Dont the alligators give the swimmers an advantage? I mean if I had to swim with the gators I'd be swimmin real fast. The gators would make the faster swimmers faster and the slower swimmers lunch.

 

[Dismom+two]

As long as you can swim faster then the slowest swimmer!

 

[FireDancer]

I believe Darwin would call this survival of the fittest…or fastest. I call it thinning the herd.

 

[Dismom+two]

I believe Darwin would call this survival of the fittest…or fastest. I call it thinning the herd.