I am in the early stages of training for a long swim (11 hours) in water that will be 62-68 degrees. The water where I lived is in the mid to upper 40s right now. I'm seeking some advice on how to get myself ready to handle 11 hours in water that is around 62. I have time to acclimate (7 months until swim) , but I need some advice on how to do it.
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Go to San Francisco Ca and swim at the Aquatic Park with the Dolphin Club or SERC swimmers. The SF bay stays about 55 all year round. There are people who go there to train for events from distant countries. The number of English Channel swimmers there in SF is high. Or go out and swim in waters
you can find that are 55-60F. Many of the SF bay swimmers wear no wetsuits, but they all wear caps and many of them use insulated caps. See the page cold water caps at
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
for details on caps for cold water. Some caps are legal for English Channel records some are not . If you can't find water thats 55-60 find some thats colder and get a "swimming" wetsuit and swim.. Thats the main thing ..SWIM.
Go to San Francisco Ca and swim at the Aquatic Park with the Dolphin Club or SERC swimmers. The SF bay stays about 55 all year round. There are people who go there to train for events from distant countries. The number of English Channel swimmers there in SF is high. Or go out and swim in waters
you can find that are 55-60F. Many of the SF bay swimmers wear no wetsuits, but they all wear caps and many of them use insulated caps. See the page cold water caps at
www.geocities.com/.../coldwatercaps.html
for details on caps for cold water. Some caps are legal for English Channel records some are not . If you can't find water thats 55-60 find some thats colder and get a "swimming" wetsuit and swim.. Thats the main thing ..SWIM.
