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Chafing - no wetsuit

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started by bhanrah on September 19, 2007

I got in the pool yesterday and did a straight 1000 then about 1200 worth of drills and I thought my stroke was feeling really good. By the end I was getting some bad chafing under my armpit where my lats rub on the inside of my arm. And no, I'm not muscle bound, so that isn't the problem (5'8" - 140). Anyone else have this? I have had this problem before in races. Should I work on my stroke (I dont know where) or just put on some body glide?

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Sloswimr posted 48 weeks ago.

I've had the problem running but never in the water. Any chance you just got something stuck to your skin?

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bhanrah posted 48 weeks ago.

no, just normal skin here. It is at that very top of my armpit - It seems like contact is inevitable there during the finish of my stroke.