I’ve read somewhere on ST about others tasting copper in their mouths when hitting the redline during a workout. Unfortunately I can’t find the thread via the search function.
Recently during my hard swim sessions I’m tasting copper, especially during 100s. What causes this? I don’t suspect it’s entirely a bad thing as I feel fine as soon as my HR drops back to an acceptable level.
You are going so hard your fillings are melting from the heat you are generating. 
hell I’ll buy that!
I’ve read somewhere on ST about others tasting copper in their mouths when hitting the redline during a workout. Unfortunately I can’t find the thread via the search function.
Recently during my hard swim sessions I’m tasting copper, especially during 100s. What causes this? I don’t suspect it’s entirely a bad thing as I feel fine as soon as my HR drops back to an acceptable level.
I tasted perfume while swimming and surmised that it was people pissing in the (small) pool at 24 hrs fitness.
Make sure you don’t have Wilsons disease.
Has something to do with red blood cells and IIRC is not to worry about unless it happens when you’re not working out.
Maybe johnpostmd can answer this one.
Now that is funny. However, you sure can taste/smell the perfume sometimes.
The smell is that of ketones, which most people says smells like perfume like the other poster. This is from burning protein for energy. Typically happens during a hard workout when you are trying to loose weight. I seem to notice it in the shower when water is around or there is a confined space to breath in. I do not believe there is anything wrong with it.
I’ve had that happen many times. I always assumed it was a faint combo of blood and bile. It always goes away and I am still here, so it cant be that bad.
So that smell of piss and perfume isn’t the Wrinklies in the other lanes doing Aquarobics then ?
Tasting your own blood. Popped blood vessels in the top of your lungs.
So that’s what that is!!!