New to the sport and during my first race the OWS was a real eye opener for me so I wanted to get in some practice before my next race. I went out today for a mile swim and set my Garmin 310XT (wore it under my swim cap) to have the alarm go off every 1/10 so I could feel out the “baby steps” for my 1st mile OWS. After I was finished I really felt sick to my stomach and a bit dizzy?? Only thing I could think of was that the alarm (which is quite loud pressed agains your head) and the vibration screwed with my brain a bit. Anyone ever have this happen? I think next time out I’ll kill the alarm and see if I have the same problem.
Anyone know if the 310’s alarm can be noise only and no vibration?
New to the sport and during my first race the OWS was a real eye opener for me so I wanted to get in some practice before my next race. I went out today for a mile swim and set my Garmin 310XT (wore it under my swim cap) to have the alarm go off every 1/10 so I could feel out the “baby steps” for my 1st mile OWS. After I was finished I really felt sick to my stomach and a bit dizzy?? Only thing I could think of was that the alarm (which is quite loud pressed agains your head) and the vibration screwed with my brain a bit. ** Anyone ever have this happen?** I think next time out I’ll kill the alarm and see if I have the same problem.
Michael
I’m going to hazard a guess that you are the only person to have ever been made nauseated by wearing an alarming, vibrating GPS device in your swim cap.
I’m going to hazard a guess that you are the only person to have ever been made nauseated by wearing an alarming, vibrating GPS device in your swim cap.
Hey, I’ve heard of weirder things happening from simple devices. Don’t cell phones turn your insides glowing green??
I’m new to a lot of this so that’s why I ask…maybe I should have saved this post for BT instead - sorry guys.
Anyway, I guess the wave motion makes more sense. I really didn’t think of that because I’ve never had any sort of motion sickness out on the water before, so didn’t think it would apply here either. I guess my best bet is to shorten the distance a bit and get use to wave motion.
New to the sport and during my first race the OWS was a real eye opener for me so I wanted to get in some practice before my next race. I went out today for a mile swim and set my Garmin 310XT (wore it under my swim cap) to have the alarm go off every 1/10 so I could feel out the “baby steps” for my 1st mile OWS. After I was finished I really felt sick to my stomach and a bit dizzy?? Only thing I could think of was that the alarm (which is quite loud pressed agains your head) and the vibration screwed with my brain a bit. Anyone ever have this happen? I think next time out I’ll kill the alarm and see if I have the same problem.
Anyone know if the 310’s alarm can be noise only and no vibration?
Michael
You probably got sick from swimming in that green water!
just curious, were you wearing a wetsuit? if you are entirely new to swimming in a wetsuit but have swam a long time without one it could have an effect on your perceived equilibrium, at least in my experience. either that or a really restricting neck will also make me feel sick.
just curious, were you wearing a wetsuit? if you are entirely new to swimming in a wetsuit but have swam a long time without one it could have an effect on your perceived equilibrium, at least in my experience. either that or a really restricting neck will also make me feel sick.
Yes to both…pretty new to swimming (this was my 1st OWS other than one race a few weeks ago - which I did not get the same sick feeling, but is was only 1/2 mile swim)…and yes I was wearing a wet suit.
So right now we are at a combination of waves, green water and wetsuit.
So…what are the fixes? Just more time in the water?
it’s been awhile, but i vaguely remember that the reason i think i felt sick was because i was trying to swim like i normally would without a wetsuit on. ie: pressing my chest down and “undulating” in the water. however with a wetsuit it positions your body differently, so i just stopped trying to swim like i wasn’t wearing one and instead just kinda went with the flow. i kicked lighter and just focused on my stroke.
