Anybody that does ocean swims or open water swims, how do you deal with the cold water on your face?
I just did my first triathlon this weekend and I believe the water temp was 59 degrees, but could not free style more than a couple of seconds because everytime I put my face in the water, I just couldn't take the cold. I ended up doggy paddling and *** stroking the whole 400m and it took me 28 minutes.
(I was wearing a full length wetsuit so my body had no problems).
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For Cold water swim caps see this page
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
the Barracuda Hot head is there and some others that are cheap work well and are legal for English Channel swims, which the hot head is not.the bubble strap cap was worn with a Seal mask this Sept 04 by a 55 yr old from San Francisco Ca. "El Sharko" on his English Channel Swim , he's a SF bay swimmer and thats about 55 F water year round. A cap will keep you much warmer
For Cold water swim caps see this page
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
the Barracuda Hot head is there and some others that are cheap work well and are legal for English Channel swims, which the hot head is not.the bubble strap cap was worn with a Seal mask this Sept 04 by a 55 yr old from San Francisco Ca. "El Sharko" on his English Channel Swim , he's a SF bay swimmer and thats about 55 F water year round. A cap will keep you much warmer
