I plan on doing the Big Shoulders Swim in Chicago next month for the first time. Will drive up from Cincinnati on the day before. If I go to the Ohio St. Beach the afternoon/evening before, is it likely that I will get in a warm-up swim?
If not, is there another place on the lake that would be good to get used to the lake? I have a reciprocating Y membership that will get me into the Lakewood Y, but I'd rather swim in the lake instead of a 20y pool.
Thanks for the help, and to all of you who have said that this OWS is addictive, you can say that again.
Hi Hoosier,
Congratulations again on your daughter's swim! It was much colder than what you will face in Chicago!
The lake has been comfortably warm, in the seventies, this week. Really lovely. Last year it cooled down a bit the first week in September. I don't have records of temps, but plenty of people swam the 5k in ordinary pool workout suits, and plenty will be doing the same this year.
Lake Michigan is very big and starts far north and all sorts of things affect temp, but I have swum in it into October before hanging up my neon yellow swim cap. Big bodies of water take longer to warm up in early summer and stay warmer later in the year than smaller bodies of water.
It's all good.
VB
Hi Hoosier,
Congratulations again on your daughter's swim! It was much colder than what you will face in Chicago!
The lake has been comfortably warm, in the seventies, this week. Really lovely. Last year it cooled down a bit the first week in September. I don't have records of temps, but plenty of people swam the 5k in ordinary pool workout suits, and plenty will be doing the same this year.
Lake Michigan is very big and starts far north and all sorts of things affect temp, but I have swum in it into October before hanging up my neon yellow swim cap. Big bodies of water take longer to warm up in early summer and stay warmer later in the year than smaller bodies of water.
It's all good.
VB
