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Swimming Question of the Week - June 23, 2010

Posted by Glenn Mills on Jun 23, 2010 12:20PM (1,916 views)

Continuing with our open water questions...

Having swum the Chesapeake Bay Swim just over a week ago, we got back in the Bay this morning and discovered the water was 78°.   The question a couple weeks ago with the water being 74° was... do you wear the wetsuit?  At 78°, it would have been less of a question, so none of us wore one.

With that said, and with the Kingdom Swim quickly approaching (5 weeks will be quick!), and no wetsuits allowed...

What's the coldest water you'd swim in without a wetsuit?


Tags open water, blueseventy


Responses

Responded Jun 23, 2010 05:08PM

I've gone as low as 51 without... it was a borderline bad idea
Responded Jun 23, 2010 05:28PM

It depends on the air temperature. If it is really hot probably about 65. If not, about 85:)
Responded Jun 23, 2010 05:32PM

Rob... you do this all the time. 51 is CHILLY!!! I did mid 30's in South Africa (Indian Ocean) many years ago... I think I was in for :15 seconds (:14 seconds too long). I think I'd be low 60's for any length of time. Here's hoping I won't have to decide that next month. ;)

My good friend, OldMarlin... Weren't there days back in Keating when we were throwing snowballs INSIDE the pool? That's got to count for something.

Edited Jun 23, 2010 05:33PM
Responded Jun 23, 2010 05:51PM

It all depends on the length of the swim, whether it's salt water or fresh water, air temperature, how much sun/wind there is, and what the rules allow. If it's a race, and the rules say no wetsuits, then you have to deal with the conditions or not do the race. A race situation would prompt me to venture out of my comfort zone by a few degrees. If it's just a fun swim or a training swim, it all depends on the above conditions and I'd probably use 70 degrees F as a rough cutoff point for wearing a wetsuit.

Some C/F conversions:
C 11 = F 51.8
C 18 = F 64.4
C 21 = F 69.8
C 24 = F 75.2
C 27 = F 80.6
C 29 = F 84.2
Responded Jun 23, 2010 06:23PM

i have been swimming between in water c(22/28) but in closed pools , just sleep, for at least 75 min , iam just 120 years old
Responded Jun 23, 2010 06:24PM

iam just 10 years old
Responded Jun 23, 2010 06:47PM

Thanks for the post and (phew) the correction. Thought we were going to have to do an entire new series of "century" videos!!! :) Keep it up, and keep reading the site... there's a lot to learn for a 120... uh... I mean 10 year old. :)
Responded Jun 24, 2010 03:48PM

DEAR GLENN
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT , I WILL KEEP READING THE SITE , BECAUSE I NEED YOUR YOUR EXPIERIANCE ALL OF YOU , , i get all your scets and did them , also all your articles , which stadded carfully , you can say, iam one of your students
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Responded Jun 24, 2010 03:55PM

Thanks qotaeba. No secrets here though, but people who work on the skills, like you're doing, will be the ones who gain the advantage. Keep up the great work and thanks!!! :)
Responded Jun 24, 2010 04:42PM

Yes Glenn we were throwing snow inside (as well as doing donuts in the parking lot outside)and they kept that pool water between 76 and 78 degrees all year long. That is why I loved that heated deck and spent as much time between sets warming up on it:)
Responded Jun 25, 2010 08:05AM

18 C. 1500m swim. Lost 3min, I was really frozen. You can see that my lips are blue on the picture of running out of the water.
Responded Jun 25, 2010 08:08AM

does dipping in the ocean and running straight out on shore count as a swim? OK, then it is 13 C, 30-60sec swim :D :D :D
Responded Jun 29, 2010 06:20PM

I´ve swim in the Nahuel Huapi in Argentine at a water temperature of 50 F , but to croos it I had to wear a swimsuit, it was a 2 hour swimming and ambient temperature was 42.8 F
Responded Dec 16, 2010 09:19PM

Glenn, oldmarlin who was it that did a donut in the parking lot right into one of the light poles? Was it Tom or Rob?
Responded Dec 16, 2010 09:34PM

I always thought it was you. ;)
Responded Dec 16, 2010 09:56PM

lol...maybe it was Jerry?

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