i'm swimming in the chesapeake bay swim in about a month, and know most people will be wearing wetsuits. i don't have a wetsuit, and i don't want a wetsuit, but i don't want to be pulled out of the race 3 miles in, shivering, miserable, and maybe hypothermic. i'm planning to do some training swims in the 3 weekends i have left - and in new york, where it's a good bit colder. the coldest swim i've done (last fall) was 53 for 19 minutes without any pre-training. any advice would be appreciated...
i expect to do the swim in about 2.5 hours.
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I swam 2.5 miles in the Severn River yesterday which is within sight of the Bay Bridge course.
A few things to report:
1) Still cold, 59 degrees near the Rt 50 bridge.
2) 5 straight days of heavy rain/effects of runoff keeping the temps low, water level high and current fast.
3) Not sure what Thomas Point Light temp reading is. Their website is not updating.
Hoping to swim again this weekend.
Good luck,
Tree
I swam 2.5 miles in the Severn River yesterday which is within sight of the Bay Bridge course.
A few things to report:
1) Still cold, 59 degrees near the Rt 50 bridge.
2) 5 straight days of heavy rain/effects of runoff keeping the temps low, water level high and current fast.
3) Not sure what Thomas Point Light temp reading is. Their website is not updating.
Hoping to swim again this weekend.
Good luck,
Tree
