5 weeks to go to the 20th Annual Chicago Masters' Big Shoulders Open Water 2.5k and 5k swim.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway of Swimming! But without the flags!
www.bigshoulders.org
This swim is also part of the USMS H2Open Series and the Great Lakes GLOWS series, all compelling reasons to attend the church of the 5k butterfly.
For those unfamiliar with the venue, swimming can be done at Ohio Street Beach any day (short of bacterial counts high enough to close the beach), so a trial swim along the seawall in the days preceding the meet is easily done.
Lake Michigan temp has been much warmer this summer. We don't need woollen leggings and ski caps after a 6 a.m. swim.
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The water temp can change suddenly, though. Two years ago, it was upper 70's during my practice swim (in really rough water) the afternoon before. The next morning it was calm and mid 60's.
The water temperature was 78 at Promontory Point (southside) last Thursday. I swam up in Winnetka the Sunday after and it was 60. Gotta love Lake Michigan!
The water temp can change suddenly, though. Two years ago, it was upper 70's during my practice swim (in really rough water) the afternoon before. The next morning it was calm and mid 60's.
The water temperature was 78 at Promontory Point (southside) last Thursday. I swam up in Winnetka the Sunday after and it was 60. Gotta love Lake Michigan!
