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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Bert Thomas the first to swim the Jaun de Fuca straits said he prepared for the cold water by filling the bathtub with ice cubes and cold water and stayed in the bath for half an hour.
I have swum for a short period in Lac StLois in La Tuque Quebec the day the ice went out and broke up a small film of ice on the water as a lark. I did a swim of five miles in the Bostanais River after the ice left the river and snow was on the side of the river.
But when really training the rule was if the water was not 60 I would go to the pool.
George
Bert Thomas the first to swim the Jaun de Fuca straits said he prepared for the cold water by filling the bathtub with ice cubes and cold water and stayed in the bath for half an hour.
I have swum for a short period in Lac StLois in La Tuque Quebec the day the ice went out and broke up a small film of ice on the water as a lark. I did a swim of five miles in the Bostanais River after the ice left the river and snow was on the side of the river.
But when really training the rule was if the water was not 60 I would go to the pool.
George
