It's fairly commonly known that swimming in Tempe Town Lake can lead to stomach problems; it's a pretty disgusting body of water. Did you do the practice swim?

I always avoid the practice swim there.
No issues after the race however.

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No pre race swim! Didn't want to experience the nasty water more than once!

We had a group of 7....all did the pre-race swim. Nobody was ill.

I skipped the practice swim. Did the race and was not sick. Did not have any GI issues all day. I swallowed a little water once when someone kicked me in the head. But it was fine.

of the dozen or so ppl i know who did the race and practice swim, i haven;t heard of any getting sick, including myself.

Maybe it was something else you all collectively ate/drank?

i had really bad stomach problems during the race. Also did the practice swim.
But my stomach trouble showed up at about mile 10 of the run and I think that it was just from being out of shape.

Im a local and have raced in that lake a bunch and never had a problem even this year just a few weeks ago during the Xterra where I swallowed a ton of water.

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