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cycling gotenburg to stockholm in mid november, any advice?

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Old 09-24-15, 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by schnee
I'm gonna blow your mind. In Stockholm there's an Xterra club that dons wetsuits, then does swimming in the local lakes, or even doing a thing where they swim across a river, run across an island, etc. on a several kilometer loop - in the middle of winter. While dodging ice. They're *crazy*.

More common to go to the gym at 6am and it's packed, or for the whole office to go for a run for lunch together. But, still, they run with jogging shoes that have metal studs for the ice.
I jumped in the ocean in January, figured I'd swim for a few seconds...no way, I ran right back out, felt like muscles being clamped in a vise. OTOH once I was back out in the 4° C air it felt almost summery! Dunno how the Russians swim in winter (with swimsuits)--tough folks I guess. Once bought a pair of wetsuit gloves for winter cycling, they were so stiff in the thumb/finger part it was uncomfortable. I like saunas & find it a bit ironic that US folks building $25K+ bathrooms don't automatically include a sauna. It has health benefit even if outside temp is not frigid. Outdoor hot tubs used to be popular in US, those things were a pain to maintain & not very effective.
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