Thanks for talking me off the ledge, guys. I decided, in a nutshell, "fuck him." I'm done crying over the asinine opinion of one asshole.
(But I still have to be nice to him, because he's my only connection for open water swimming.)
I think I'll invite him to register for the Chicago Marathon with me in a year or so. See if he considers that a "real" race.
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You don't have to be nice to @ssholes and you don't have to make excuses for them. You can open water swim with me any time, I do it all summer long. You just have to drive a bit. :) Maybe it's time to start looking for a new place to open water swim.
My in-laws live on a lake, but it's so shallow you can walk across most of it (and it's a mile across). Not that that's a big problem in terms of swimming... but it's so shallow that it becomes almost 100% clogged with weeds. They're so thick they feel like monster fingers scraping across the bottom of your canoe; it's actually a workout to go canoing because you have to 'dig' through them to paddle. We can't sail or windsurf on it anymore. My open water phobia is mainly because of weeds... so for now I'm going to stick with this guy's private lake with minimal weedage and a nice sandy beach. Beyond that, I dunno. Most of the lakes around here are shallow, mucky and weedy. (cringe)
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