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Thread: Wade Stokes: Winter Swimming

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    Sounds terrible.

    Good for you and congratulations.

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    Does sound terrible, but looks like a blast.

    Congratulations.

    I remember acclimating to snow melt as a yoot (high lakes in Montana) - does that happen here at all? Or is the exposure to suddenly on and off?

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    Good work, Wade. A bunch of my open water swimming friends just went to Vermont for that competition and they're constantly asking me to go. Uh, no.

    My best in "cold" water was when I was swimming regularly in the ocean near Boston, pre-'rona: I did 31 minutes in 50F. Raise the temp a bit, I can go longer. I did 2.5 hours in 56F (and at a mile above sea level, but that was in 2016 in Kyrgyzstan). Once I'm in the low 60s, I'll go hours and hours.

    But in the 30s? Crazy. Congrats!

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