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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hey j fish,
i swam w mike rossner last sunday at coney 54 degrees brrrrrrr.
chesapeake will be much warmer 67 at the worst. i have done the bay swim a couple of times now.....under 2 hrs. and have found it quite comfortable w/out a wetsuit. go for it...you should do fine.
say hello, i will be one of the three people wih a speedo on.
hey j fish,
i swam w mike rossner last sunday at coney 54 degrees brrrrrrr.
chesapeake will be much warmer 67 at the worst. i have done the bay swim a couple of times now.....under 2 hrs. and have found it quite comfortable w/out a wetsuit. go for it...you should do fine.
say hello, i will be one of the three people wih a speedo on.
