I sneak in my am ocean swims before work. SInce everyone els eis so "hardworking" they'd never consider taking time out for a swim, I keep it a secret. Well this year, I'm having a lot of meetings shortly after my swim. I was fine swimming and changing and getting too the meetings, use make-up to hide the goggle cap marks. The problem is wiht the dropping temps, I'm shivering on and off for an hour or two after. People keep wondering if I'm sick.
So any tips or tricks to hide that am swim?
Who else sneaks in swim time?
-sd
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I, too, swim before work. I warm up by putting the heat on full blast in the car, and wrapping my hands around a cup of hot coffee or tea ( I bring it in a thermos). I have also filled up a hot water bottle at work and kept it under my sweater on my stomach - although it's not always possible to do this in public.
Other things that help - get completely dry in the car - get changed in the passenger seat as the heat is blasting - so when you drive to work the seat isn't wet.
Keep a hair dryer at work and dry your hair.
Eat. Preferably something hot. Your body needs calories to warm up.
On a similar note (hope this isn't hijacking the thread): Living in Canada, I swim in a wetsuit in the fall/winter. I usually throw on my bathing suit and the legs of the wetsuit and a sweatshirt for the trip to the lake or ocean. I pack my work clothes in a gym bag. One morning I went to change into work gear after my swim, and noticed to my horror that I had packed my teenage son's jeans rather than my own"dressy" jeans ... his are the baggy bummed, hang down past your hips type...well, I wore them as they were more appropriate than a wetsuit for work, but I did get lots of stares!
I, too, swim before work. I warm up by putting the heat on full blast in the car, and wrapping my hands around a cup of hot coffee or tea ( I bring it in a thermos). I have also filled up a hot water bottle at work and kept it under my sweater on my stomach - although it's not always possible to do this in public.
Other things that help - get completely dry in the car - get changed in the passenger seat as the heat is blasting - so when you drive to work the seat isn't wet.
Keep a hair dryer at work and dry your hair.
Eat. Preferably something hot. Your body needs calories to warm up.
On a similar note (hope this isn't hijacking the thread): Living in Canada, I swim in a wetsuit in the fall/winter. I usually throw on my bathing suit and the legs of the wetsuit and a sweatshirt for the trip to the lake or ocean. I pack my work clothes in a gym bag. One morning I went to change into work gear after my swim, and noticed to my horror that I had packed my teenage son's jeans rather than my own"dressy" jeans ... his are the baggy bummed, hang down past your hips type...well, I wore them as they were more appropriate than a wetsuit for work, but I did get lots of stares!
