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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(it's still cold here in NY - last weekend I lasted 40 minutes at 54). Does this seem like a terrible strategy?
i think 40 min in 54 degrees > 2 1/2 hrs in 67 degrees. the temperature shouldn't be an issue for you.
both times i did the bay swim (07 and 05) the temps were mid 70's and still 90% of the field was wet-suited. i think the race directors are concerned with liability issues and so the do nothing to discourage the use of wetsuits even when most other races in those temps seperate rubber from non-rubber wearers.
(it's still cold here in NY - last weekend I lasted 40 minutes at 54). Does this seem like a terrible strategy?
i think 40 min in 54 degrees > 2 1/2 hrs in 67 degrees. the temperature shouldn't be an issue for you.
both times i did the bay swim (07 and 05) the temps were mid 70's and still 90% of the field was wet-suited. i think the race directors are concerned with liability issues and so the do nothing to discourage the use of wetsuits even when most other races in those temps seperate rubber from non-rubber wearers.
