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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Having swam both the Golden Gate Bridge Swim and the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim's twice, I can relate to cold water swimming. When I swam these events I lived in Texas and could not find COLD water to train in prior to these events. Thus, I used ice bags a few times a week and COLD showers for three months prior to these events to get my body used to the cold. I swam in Lake Champion in Upstate NY that was LOW 50's high 40's prior to the events and that helped (while there on business). I used silicone ear plugs to keep my inner ear warm on both swims. In the SFO area, swimmers who do not use ear plugs experience "Ear dancing" which is inner ear cold impacted dizziness and wobbling around after getting out of the water. Cold water IMPACTS the inner ear where it causes dizzy, unstable balance when swimmers get out of the water. I found the plugs to be 100% effective for prevention of this "Ear Dancing" phenomenon.
Having swam both the Golden Gate Bridge Swim and the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim's twice, I can relate to cold water swimming. When I swam these events I lived in Texas and could not find COLD water to train in prior to these events. Thus, I used ice bags a few times a week and COLD showers for three months prior to these events to get my body used to the cold. I swam in Lake Champion in Upstate NY that was LOW 50's high 40's prior to the events and that helped (while there on business). I used silicone ear plugs to keep my inner ear warm on both swims. In the SFO area, swimmers who do not use ear plugs experience "Ear dancing" which is inner ear cold impacted dizziness and wobbling around after getting out of the water. Cold water IMPACTS the inner ear where it causes dizzy, unstable balance when swimmers get out of the water. I found the plugs to be 100% effective for prevention of this "Ear Dancing" phenomenon.
