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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Hi Swimmy- This is the first time doing the 1 mile challenge for me....I see the water temp is now over 70, I am bringing a wetsuit, but am not sure if I will wear it. The 2 times you wore the suit, do you recall the water temp? And the 2 times you did not wear it, what was the temp? I had heard that last year the water was quite warm and a friend of mine wore a wetsuit but wished she had not......I dislike cold water, but as you pointed out, once you start, the water temp becomes irrelevent....
Oh, what to do....what to do.......:dunno::help:
Hi Swimmy- This is the first time doing the 1 mile challenge for me....I see the water temp is now over 70, I am bringing a wetsuit, but am not sure if I will wear it. The 2 times you wore the suit, do you recall the water temp? And the 2 times you did not wear it, what was the temp? I had heard that last year the water was quite warm and a friend of mine wore a wetsuit but wished she had not......I dislike cold water, but as you pointed out, once you start, the water temp becomes irrelevent....
Oh, what to do....what to do.......:dunno::help:
