With the bay bridge swim around the corner and water temps not looking to be greater than 65 degrees I am wondering what advice you guys have for surviving the cold.
How long do you think someone can last in 65 degree water with a wetsuit?
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Yes, by all means, get in an unheated outdoor pool NOW. (The lifeguards at the local pool hate me because they sit on deck in sweatsuits shivering while I do my laps. Overheard from one lifeguard to another: "There's the nut again. What's he trying to prove?") It takes about 3 - 7 days to acclimate to the cold, just don't kill yourself or catch a cold by getting hypothermic. Since you are wearing a wetsuit (BTW, remember to use BodyGlide or some-such), it probably won't be much of an issue in the race, except maybe for toes and the forehead. Your excitement on race day will also hold some of the cold at bay, at least for a while. That, plus I swear that salt or brackish water feels warmer at a given temperature than freshwater - God alone knows why. Just don't be obsessive/compulsive about the cold, distance, sharks, or whatever hobgoblins are paying a visit right about now.
You'll do fine. Swim hard & make us proud.
-LBJ
Yes, by all means, get in an unheated outdoor pool NOW. (The lifeguards at the local pool hate me because they sit on deck in sweatsuits shivering while I do my laps. Overheard from one lifeguard to another: "There's the nut again. What's he trying to prove?") It takes about 3 - 7 days to acclimate to the cold, just don't kill yourself or catch a cold by getting hypothermic. Since you are wearing a wetsuit (BTW, remember to use BodyGlide or some-such), it probably won't be much of an issue in the race, except maybe for toes and the forehead. Your excitement on race day will also hold some of the cold at bay, at least for a while. That, plus I swear that salt or brackish water feels warmer at a given temperature than freshwater - God alone knows why. Just don't be obsessive/compulsive about the cold, distance, sharks, or whatever hobgoblins are paying a visit right about now.
You'll do fine. Swim hard & make us proud.
-LBJ
