So, after reading through some threads in which it seemed like people suggested they trained in open water after dark, my question is: Do You?
Typically, a few times a year (usually when the moon is bright) I will go out at night and do a normal long swim, but I don't make a habit of it. Last October, before the water here in CT got too cold, I went for several night swims (using tinted goggles, which was a bit of a mistake) but now I am thinking of making this a more regular thing in order to train more when the tide isn't conducive to training during the day (i.e. when I'm at work). Is this just stupid?
It doesn't seem any more dangerous to swim at night than during the day (particularly with appropriate goggles:)) since I am always swimming by myself anyway. Any thoughts on this?
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You must always be on the watch when the lights go out in a pool. You have to be afraid of Suzie Sumppump and Nellie Glugg. They lurch in unlighted swimming pools.
I swam at 5 a.m. on election day, in my home pool, with three lights burned out in the actual pool. There was one lone light on the bright end of the pool. Suffice to say, it was more than enough to tell me that night swimming will NEVER be for me! I completely spooked myself several times, and that's in a place I know incredibly well. I can't imagine how you night swimmers do it.
When I was in Belize this past Spring, I would swim up to 2 1/2 hours a day, with these silver fish that would literally ram me as I swam, nibbling at me. I would scream every time until one day, I realized it probably wasn't great for those on the shore to see a woman out in the water, swimming alone, flailing her arms and screaming. Suffice to say, I learned to suck it up when they attacked. Combine that with it being at night--NO WAY!
You must always be on the watch when the lights go out in a pool. You have to be afraid of Suzie Sumppump and Nellie Glugg. They lurch in unlighted swimming pools.
I swam at 5 a.m. on election day, in my home pool, with three lights burned out in the actual pool. There was one lone light on the bright end of the pool. Suffice to say, it was more than enough to tell me that night swimming will NEVER be for me! I completely spooked myself several times, and that's in a place I know incredibly well. I can't imagine how you night swimmers do it.
When I was in Belize this past Spring, I would swim up to 2 1/2 hours a day, with these silver fish that would literally ram me as I swam, nibbling at me. I would scream every time until one day, I realized it probably wasn't great for those on the shore to see a woman out in the water, swimming alone, flailing her arms and screaming. Suffice to say, I learned to suck it up when they attacked. Combine that with it being at night--NO WAY!
