In about a week and a half, I will have to stop swimming in the nice warm indoor pool and start swimming in the cold outdoor pool. The indoor pool is over 80 degrees with air 75-80, and the outdoor pool is closer to 65? (not heated) with air 70-75 most days. Is there anything I can do to make the transition easier? Cold showers, maybe? Or will it just be miserable no matter what?
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Try a bubble cap, They will keep your head much warmer and thats where the heat go out the most, With a warm cap you can stand much colder water.
You may have seen this page but heres some details
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
Also take a look at the English swim site where they swim year round in a lake near London you can see some of them use the bubble caps and no wetsuits and thats some really cold water their swimming in
www.serpentineswimmingclub.com
Try a bubble cap, They will keep your head much warmer and thats where the heat go out the most, With a warm cap you can stand much colder water.
You may have seen this page but heres some details
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
Also take a look at the English swim site where they swim year round in a lake near London you can see some of them use the bubble caps and no wetsuits and thats some really cold water their swimming in
www.serpentineswimmingclub.com
