Anyone Racing Milton on June 5th?

Kelso Open Water Swim club starts up on May 21st again.  By June 5th it will be chilly but it will be fine.  It's only 750M

The first time I did Milton I was in a shorty wetsuit and was fine.

It's not that bad.

Looking forward to it again this year.

It matters - just think about taking 750+ strokes in your scuba suit.  It's not designed to swim in.  Swim & Sports rent wetsuits, they're located in Mississauga on Eglinton and Tomken.

I'm pretty sure RunningFree in Milton rents suits as well.

What is the Kelso OWS club all about? Is it like a master's swim club? Do they provide some coaching?

No coaching but lifguards out in kayaks that provide a "marked" 1500M (roughly) swim loop.  Usually 10-15 swimmers out.

I did the try a tri there last year too.  What an unbelievably cold, wet morning that was, huh?  Yikes!

I chose Guelph instead of Milton this year but good luck to you guys next week!

Hi everyone,

I raced Milton last year and I will be there on the 5th as well.

I have a group of friends that headed out to Kelso this last weekend for a training session, they attempted a swim but the water was way too cold. One made it out about 600m and had to turn back, another got a splitting headache.

With that said, temperatures are supposed to climb until race day, so the water temperature should go up a couple of degrees, I'm considering wearing a thicker swim cap under the race one. Lets just hope for a dry morning, unlike last year.

I went for a 1000m swim at Kelso today. The water is still COLD.

I wore my wetsuit so my body was fine but my feet, hands and especially head suffered. My head is sensative to cold and I was develping a headache at the end. The lake will warm up a bit before the race but a wetsuit is highly recommended and even a neoprene head cap might be a good idea for those who are cold sensative.

For those who've never swam here, the water is a dark tea colour and there are some weeds but its clean and safe. I'm not doing the race this year but best of luck and have fun to those racing.