Well, it’s coming along… the water is slowly getting warmer! Slowly. Okay, only a degree or two for now… but at least it’s not getting colder! I missed the swim on Saturday (more about that in the post below!), but Dylan, Miguel, Katie and Caroline did a great job taking care of the shop for me!
It is still early in the season and a few less people than last week, but still a great turn out… 40 people showed up for a swim in 51F/11C water! And much like last week, people are learning that you really can swim in water that cold, especially if you are in a wetsuit… although there were still a brave handful that proved you can also do it “naked” too! All you need is the courage to get yourself in… and a group of like-minded LOSTies to motivate you! Of course, your hands, feet and face are cold to start, but as your body adjusts and gets going the warm blood in your body core that is being kept warm by your wetsuit eventually realizes that it is okay to continue circulating warm blood out to your extremities… which is why your hands, feet and face actually start warming up! It is a bit more of trick to do this when you don’t have a wetsuit on, but with enough acclimatization the same thing can happen then too.
Well, it looks like the Lake is warming up, and with the warm weather we’ve had this week we will almost for sure see a nice increase in temperature this Saturday! I’ll see you down there on Saturday!
PS. I’ll be doing the first race of the Global Swim Series in Caledon on Sunday… hope you all can join me! It’s warm, clean and cheap! Check out the details here! Start collecting your points in the Series and see how you rank compared to swimmers from all over the world… like: Ireland, Brazil, Barbados, Vermont and several others here in Ontario!