Hey Granitepeople

My son had some we noticed after the race.  Some looked like bug bites with a red head in the middle but the splotches were irregular shaped.  Not all had heads.  I'll check w/him to see if they have gone away.  I had no problems. 

BTW, nice race!  Neat to be first out of the water! 

I'm still working on my race report.

Not me - and I am usually the first to get that sort of thing...  Hope it goes away quickly.

Sounds similar.  I've only got two that are splotchy.  The red bumps are pretty small.  Hrmmm.  Fortunately, they're not really itchy (not yet, at least).  Hopefully, they'll go away soon.

Yes, I have red bumps too, the weird ones are in clusters and some have with a little spot of blood on the top.  I had the same bites a few years ago in Baxter.  That one is a a black fly bite

http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/e601blackflies.html

There were also a fair share of mosquito bites (which we are all familiar with and Biting Midges http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/young_naturalists/biting_bugs/index.html  (the midges are toward the bottom of the page)

Add em all up and I'm pretty sure it's not swimmers itch but a variety of hungry pests. Swimmer's itch shows up in places like waistbands where the water is held against the skin longest.  I'd expect in that case we'd all have it around one ankle for sure, and my chip ankle is devoid of itchiness.  Most of my itchies are in places that were uncovered...except for my rear, I always seem to get a deer fly bite on my rear.  What's up with that?

Swimmers itch site: http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u/environment/bd306.html

I got swimmers itch a few years ago and from what I remember you would know it if you got it.  About scratched myself raw it was so uncomfortable.

Something probably just burrowed under your skin to lay its eggs and now they are slowly clawing and scratching the way to the surface to burst out at an incredibly inconveniant time. That's my guess anyway.  Good Luck.

My son's are pretty much gone.  His were on his sie mi-way between arm pit and wait and a couple on that side of his chest.  

Yeah, mine are going away too.  It was a little disconcerting the other day to see so many red spots on my back.  Thanks for the information, everyone.

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