Open water swimming info (Page 2)

I'll be out there tonight with Wavedog for Dip N' Dash #1.  I'm pretty certain it's going to be darn cold, too.

Well it was windy and cloudy... water was fine though. Didn't bother me one bit. I don't know what the water temp was. Some people swimming with just suits. Now I'm worried my wet suit will be too hot in August.

ETA: Oh ya, forgot to mention... I suck in open water.

Just keep practicing your sighting - even when you're just swimming laps in the pool practice your sighting every 2nd or third breath or so.  Unless they have changed things, the 5430 Sprint swim starts out directly into the sun so it can be challenging to see where you're going, I ended up just sighting on the sun itself for the out leg.  Also, I would make sure to swim out and back to the platform a few times before the race starts, if nothing else, so you don't have the cold take your breath away when you first put your face in the water. 

As for Aug, even though I really hate cold water and much prefer it to be warm, I was defintely very close to overheating on the HIM swim.  For me, I'm a weak swimmer so I didn't want to give up the wetsuit, but a sleeveless defitely would've been preferable.

Just went to Chatfield lake for a swim.

The water was pretty warm. A boater said the water temp was 63*

So...I am going to go to Chatfield for an OWS instead. 9:00 ish...

So...

Chatfield:

The beach doesn't open on Friday until 10:00. They were grading it, and cleaning it etc. But I wasn't really using the beach, just the water, so the workers didn't even blink an eye. The park police came in at one point and didn't stop me either. So...

Had my first "ICK" today, when a big blop of seaweed ingulfed me(so it seemed). The worts was tha feeling on the hands and fingers.

I just swam at Boulder Rez on Wednesday and it was beautiful! I wasn't hot or cold...it was just right.

Looking forward to the Boulder Peak at the rez! Hopefully I can make the 1500 meter swim without doing too much breast stroke...at least that is my goal!

The Chatfield swim beach is closed right now for high e-coli.

It happens after a rain and hot weather...

I was there volunteering too - registration and aid station.  The water was really rough and I was happy to be on land for sure.   I heard a lot of people where pulled in but didn't get a count. 

So I swam in Chattfield today. Wow was it warm. Don't know the actual temp only to say I'm no polar bear. So I swam one lap in my full wet suit and it was too hot. Took it off and did another one. I was only slightly slower, but I was also a bit tired.

So now I'm debating on whether I will wear my wet suit in Bolder 70.3. Anyone know what temp Chattfield is now or Boulder res? I got to say it felt good swimming open water without.