We recently were informed Big Shoulder's 5K OW is likely to be cold this year. (60-63)
Due to a very warm summer in central Indiana most of my training was done in water 85-88 degrees warm. This week-end we got a break and out water has been 72 in the pool. (It feels so good!)
My question is how much lower to what I'm used to can I go and be safe?
I am 5'5" and weigh 117. I have done BS 5K in water as cold as 68 with no problem but I'm just not sure where to draw the line and bail into a wetsuit. I do not want to get hypothermia. I'm planning to be in the water somewhere between 1:20-1:30. :coffee:
how is it going?
Because of the weather, the water quality of the Hudson hasn't been good enough to swim in. ... until today! The temperature was about 63, and my swim buddy and I swam up and around an island near the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club, about 1.5 miles total. We floated for a while to talk to a friend on his sailboat, and to look around, and to swat away sticks, devilheads, and weeds.
It was beautiful, I was cold only for about 5 minutes before I got used to it, and my breathing normalized. My only complaint was that we didn't have a boat to watch us, and had to use rescue tubes that kept getting caught on my feet. But they were nice to have when we stopped.
Also, I ate some ice cream afterward. Yum!
Tomorrow, we're swimming in a lake in Carmel, which might be colder than today.
how is it going?
Because of the weather, the water quality of the Hudson hasn't been good enough to swim in. ... until today! The temperature was about 63, and my swim buddy and I swam up and around an island near the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club, about 1.5 miles total. We floated for a while to talk to a friend on his sailboat, and to look around, and to swat away sticks, devilheads, and weeds.
It was beautiful, I was cold only for about 5 minutes before I got used to it, and my breathing normalized. My only complaint was that we didn't have a boat to watch us, and had to use rescue tubes that kept getting caught on my feet. But they were nice to have when we stopped.
Also, I ate some ice cream afterward. Yum!
Tomorrow, we're swimming in a lake in Carmel, which might be colder than today.
