Silly question but, um, how "insulated" are those of you who are talking about really low temperatures without a wetsuit? I don't use one for swim races, but then again, I choose my races so that I'm not in a position of freezing. I don't have a lot of insulation and the idea of some of the temperatures you are talking about just gives me chills even thinking about it!
I remember doing the Huntington Bay 5K several years ago and coming out with my husband looking positively freaked because I couldn't get warm, couldn't speak very well, couldn't really use my hands....It was all okay, but I don't see how I could actually acclimate myself beyond a certain point.
I'm not super skinny or anything, but I'm also no Lynne Cox...
Silly question but, um, how "insulated" are those of you who are talking about really low temperatures without a wetsuit? I don't use one for swim races, but then again, I choose my races so that I'm not in a position of freezing. I don't have a lot of insulation and the idea of some of the temperatures you are talking about just gives me chills even thinking about it!
I remember doing the Huntington Bay 5K several years ago and coming out with my husband looking positively freaked because I couldn't get warm, couldn't speak very well, couldn't really use my hands....It was all okay, but I don't see how I could actually acclimate myself beyond a certain point.
I'm not super skinny or anything, but I'm also no Lynne Cox...
