Cold water tolerance

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Fri, 31 May 2019 07:56:13 GMT

IMHO, standing is harder than swimming. Oh dang, I have not kept this up to date. Since the post you quoted, I've done a bunch of other swims at Revere ranging from 54F to 60F. Getting used to it. Check out my Winthrop experience (32 min in 50-51F) vs. what I mentioned about last Halloween (10min standing, 5-6 strokes in 51F). Acclimatization works!

RE: Cold water tolerance

Former Member — Thu, 30 May 2019 16:26:12 GMT

Continued today. Did 15 minutes in 46F. No, not swimming. Simply standing. That's the best I can do so far. I did dunk myself at the very end. But much better than my last time trying this, last Halloween, when I did 10 min standing in 51F, then 5-6 strokes. Getting there, slowly but steadily. IMHO, standing is harder than swimming.

RE: Cold water tolerance

Former Member — Thu, 30 May 2019 16:24:58 GMT

I lasted 18min in 12C water on Sunday, sans wetsuit. I shivered a lot after I got out, but I was fine after 10min.

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Former Member — Wed, 29 May 2019 07:06:52 GMT

God gave us here in Boston vicinity 3 days of sun this past weekend, and I swam outside each day. Saturday: 2.35 miles in Walden Pond. So stinking pretty. (My second time as I swam 1.5 miles in it on the 22nd.) Sunday: 0.65 mile in Winthrop in 50-51F water. Horrible. Monday: 1.4 miles in Revere in 54-57F. Wonderful. Working that stupid cold water/salt water tolerance up, slowly but surely. Here's hoping for a few nice sunny days this week. And with that, we've had two days under 65F and cloudy/raining. :doh:

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Tue, 28 May 2019 08:46:18 GMT

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Mon, 13 May 2019 08:28:56 GMT

Another good weekend of swimming. 36 minutes of cold water and salt water tolerance. 56-58F. Still building up.

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Former Member — Thu, 09 May 2019 10:58:34 GMT

I just did some foolish thing in my trip, perhaps due to some misunderstanding. I had no prior cold water experience (under 18°C/64°F) but on the 2nd swim of my trip I was already doing nearly half an hour in 7°C/44°F, and it actually worked well. And on the 5th swim I misunderstood the Finnish sauna culture thinking that they like to alternate between sauna and swim and didn't know entering a sauna directly after swimming was outright dangerous, and got sent to the hospital after a moment upon entering the sauna as people thought that I was in trouble even I was (still) feeling well. When I looked up how to properly use a sauna no one mentioned that don't go to the sauna directly after swimming!!!!! By the end of the trip I was already doing nearly half an hour in 5°C/41°F and I felt much better than my initial swim in 7°C/44°F. I just don't know why I could do this at all, literally from 0 within a single freaking week!!!!! I don't know if my constant underdressing and non-heated showers helped me on this.

RE: Cold water tolerance

Former Member — Tue, 07 May 2019 12:18:40 GMT

But Revere is so... Oceany. ;) Bit colder than an ol' kettle pond. I love the ocean (all bodies of water!) but I think early-season ocean might be a next-year endeavor. Props to you.

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Mon, 06 May 2019 12:07:31 GMT

Not too far, but when Revere is so close... ;)

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Former Member — Sun, 05 May 2019 07:12:21 GMT

Well I went to Walden Pond yesterday (with other people - my choir director's husband happens to be into the open water/cold water thing) and YIKES but pretty much what I expected. Is Walden too far afield for you, in Melrose?

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 08:57:13 GMT

Where are you dunking at? Pond/lake? (ocean? :O) I'm thinking to find a pond or something, or else with the current weather pattern (ie unless it starts warming up) I fear I'm going to turn into a Badgersicle at the Landshark swim. :| Revere Beach. Closest safe/clean water to me being in Melrose.

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Former Member — Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:31:05 GMT

Yikes. I think I'm too much of a weenie for the ocean right now. I also confess I don't want to go somewhere alone, just in case.

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Former Member — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:35:22 GMT

RE: Cold water tolerance

mjtyson — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 12:54:12 GMT