Triathlon - Anybody still open-water swimming?

The lakes around here are still suprisingly comnfortable. The one I do most of my OW swimming in (Lake Sammamish) was 68 degrees last Friday. Not expecting this, we wore black neoprene caps, booties and gloves with our wetsuits and were borderline too warm. Looked like a bunch of soggy ninjas, too.:D

Yeah, but I live in Florida. So its never really "cold."

Raced on Sunday and it was an OW swim in a small man-made lake. Water temp was 74. I live in North Texas though. It was still 95 degrees yesterday afternoon.

I enjoy open water autumn swims. There's something peaceful about it. I haven't placed my finger upon it yet.

Of course, that's with a wetsuit.

I don't train in open water... :( There's really no place nearby. Even the lake where the local triathlon is held doesn't allow swimming on non-event days.

But i'm comfortable in open water, once i get over the 5-10 seconds of minor panic at first. :lol:

Well if you're not, maybe some reading or watching of open water books and dvd's are the answer this time of year.

Open Water Swimming - Skills, Techniques & Racing Tips (https://www.usasportstraining.com/shop/swimming-dvds_13/openwaterswim_34.html)
(DVD)

Or

Open Water Swimming (https://www.usasportstraining.com/shop/swimming-books_17/isbn:-0880117044_29.html) by Dr. Penny Lee Dean

I did thre sprint in Melbourne oct 1. Indian River? Sure was Brackish - (sp?). my 1st open water. Came in 1st in age group. Neat Thing- did the bike ride saturday to know the course. I noticed Dolphins in water were we were going to swim next morning. (I'm from KY- don't usually see that).

Well if you're not, maybe some reading or watching of open water books and dvd's are the answer this time of year.

Open Water Swimming - Skills, Techniques & Racing Tips (https://www.usasportstraining.com/shop/swimming-dvds_13/openwaterswim_34.html)
(DVD)

Or

Open Water Swimming (https://www.usasportstraining.com/shop/swimming-books_17/isbn:-0880117044_29.html) by Dr. Penny Lee Dean

Just have to add a little anecdote here. I swam at UCSD in the early 90s and we routinely swam against Pomona-Pitzer college, where Penny coaches (coached?). They were really not much competition, and since their team mascot was the Sagehen, we had a lot of laughs at their expense. Penny was always very cool and over the 4 years we developed a rapport. Come to find out, several years later, that she held the record for the fastest English Channel crossing. (I think it got broken the year after I graduated). I was floored. You'd never have guessed it. Very cool lady.

I did the Splash and Dash in Tempe, AZ this past weekend and the water temp was 78. This coming weekend though, I'm doing the escape from the rock tri in San Francisco and the water will be low 60s, which is actually on the warm side for the bay.

Nova Scotia = no open water swimming after October 1st.

A long course pool helps a little.

At the Galveston Beach Patrol we are still open water swimming. We won't stop open water swimming until Mid November.