Well that was a nice weekend. We got a good swim in at LOST on Saturday morning… and then a fun race in the Caledon Quarry on Sunday (more on that in the other post!)
For the 3rd LOST Swim of the year we had another amazing turnout… 54 swimmers!!! So we beat the “swimmer to temp ratio” for the second time this year! Because the water temp was still a chilly 52F! And if you think that is no big deal, well it kind of is… it wasn’t that many years ago when beating the “swimmer to temperature ratio” was a big deal… if it was in Celsius! (11C)… haha.
But, amazingly, everyone was fine with the water temp! Don’t get me wrong… it was cold. But it was still swim-able. In fact, there was a hearty bunch that went out for a half an hour before the swim… naked. That’s tough. But it also shows how one can acclimatize to cold water. If you are tough enough, that is!
For the rest of us mere mortals, 52F in a wetsuit was “challenging” enough. But you know what, people still did multiple laps of the course we had set up, which was a short 300 m, given the temp. But lots, if not most, people were still in for 20-30 minutes… without any problem.
Everyone still came out smilin’! So I’ll call that another LOST success.
Having said that… don’t get impatient… it will warm up. The Lake actually is right on schedule, which I wasn’t so sure it would be after how cold this winter was and how much ice there was on it! I had never seen that much ice on Lake O in 18 years! But my prediction is that we will be in the low 60’s by the end of June!
And in the low 60’s… well that really is totally fine. All the warm water swimmers are safe to come out then! It’s reasonably cool without a wetsuit… and perfect in a wetsuit!
So keep it up… and we’ll see you next Saturday!
Cheers,
Rob