I live about 2 blocks from the swim start, and went down to watch the swim start and cheer at swim exit. When I looked over the edge and saw the HUGE jellyfish (dinner plate size) floating in the river. I thought "this is not going to be good." I run on the Hudson at least once per week and I have NEVER seen that many jellyfish in the river before- trash? yes, Jellyfish? No. Have seen 1-2 randoms floating, but NEVER so many.
After watching the Pros and elites swim by, I headed down to cheer at the swim out (it's a point-to-point swim). I stood there for about 1.5 hours, and almost everyone that came out was talking about the jellyfish. People had stings on their arms, faces, feet, legs...it was crazy.
The best comment I heard was from 2 of the faster male swimmers. As they were running out/taking down their wetsuits, one guy yells at the other
"Were those jellyfish stinging us?"
The other guy responds "Yea, them jellyfish are BITCHES!" ha- classic
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