65 swimmers from 13 countries responded our most recent poll. Distribution by country: US: 25 responses Spain: 16 UK: 9 Ireland: 4 Australia: 3 Israel, New Zealand, Gibraltar, Portugal, Switzerland, Ukraine, Estonia, Mexico: 1 1. What is the coldest water… Read More ›
I started being intrigued about swimming in cold water (without a wetsuit) in October 2012. And it is not a coincidence that this was the time I started reading Donal Buckley‘s fantastic open water swimming blog Loneswimmer. Donal is an… Read More ›
Wanna know the best way to see the SF bay? No, it’s not by boat or by foot. Swimming the 10 km from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge gives you a unique view to the city– and… Read More ›
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been swimming with the Night Train Swimmers and I’ve become buds with the leader of the group, Vito Bialla (one of “101 Movers and Shakers in the Open Water Swimming World“– along with… Read More ›
Since I arrived in San Francisco three weeks ago, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting a group of OW swimmers who call themselves Night Train Swimmers. Lucky for me, they’ve adopted me into their swimming circle so I’ve gone on… Read More ›
A few months into our cold water acclimation, I wanted to post an update about my progress. Perhaps for some of you non-cold water people, this can encourage you to get out there and try it because it’s really not… Read More ›
(Updated on Jan 29 to reflect 90 additional responses received since the last update. Total responses to date: 221) When I read Loneswimmer’s post “Introducing a precise open water swimming temperature scale“, I realized that what I thought was cold… Read More ›
I am interested in finding out how much the perception and definition of “cold” water changes depending on where swimmers comes from. You just need to read some of Loneswimmers posts to realize that what is cold to some of… Read More ›
Emily and I are not real cold water swimmers, but we’re exploring that option. We’ve started doing some cold water swims, which for us living in Barcelona, means swimming in 20ºC water this time of the year. Emily recently wrote… Read More ›
After reading about how so many OW swimmers swim without wetsuits I decided that I needed to toughen up. Mau took me to his 20C ocean water pool for my first cold water pool training. Our objective was to do… Read More ›
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