… that’s the answer to the question that everyone is asking… “when will we be starting outdoors?”
Truth is, I’m getting a bit anxious myself! But despite the fact that we had a very nice winter… the spring is way behind in warming up. I looked back to my log book from 2010, when I was training for MIMS and here is what I saw:
- May 1 – first pre-season swim at Gulliver’s Lake, water temp 56F, swam 2.5k
- May 8 – swam with Darren at Gulliver’s, 58F, air 8C, swam 2.5k
- May 15 – swam with Darren & Bill at Gullivers, 55F, swam 3k
- May 22 – Gulliver’s was 62F, 7 swimmers, swam 6k
- May 29 – first swim in Lake O, 14 swimmers, 62F, swam 2.5k
- June 5 – 14 swimmers again, 64F.
… so according to that progression, Gulliver’s Lake should be mid-50’s… but it’s not. I phoned them yesterday and they said it was 51F… too cold for most people. Oddly, Lake O is about the same temp, it’s usually behind Gulliver’s.
Having said all that… things are warming up this week noticably. So maybe we’ll be in this weekend after all… somewhere… Gulliver’s, Kelso or Lake O. Don’t worry, I’m monitoring it… and you’ll be the first to know!
Cheers,
Rob
