Re: Swimming in cold water, part 2

"Micheal Artindale" <michealartindale@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Here is why I want to know about swimming in cold water:

I was bored one day, and I was curious how far it is through the
Great lakes from Thunder Bay to Kingston ON.

It is about 1300km. If I can maintain 1km/hr I could do it in 2
months.

The coldest lake is around 5C this time of year, yet the warmest one
is over 20C.

I know many people have swam parts of the great lakes without a
wetsuit. I want to do that entire length with out one.

I have looked around, but am unable to find anything out.

Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Micheal

Michael, if you will permit me to philosophize a bit, rather than
speculate about things neither you nor most humans can hope to
achieve, there is a tremendous amount to be gained for me, you, and
just about anyone else by

Setting an achievable goal then engaging in the pursuit of it.

and by

Competing

My own efforts in this direction have been at weightlifting, not at
swimming, because weights have been my main form of exercise for the
last five years or so. I will spare you the details (they are on my
web site in my bio for anyone interested) but there is simply nothing
like having to perform on someone else's clock.

If you are a swimmer, then join a local masters swim team, go to the
practices, and participate in some meets. You needn't aim to set a
world record or win anything - the accomplishment is in having the
intestinal fortitude to get to the competition and perform in the
first place. You needn't do this constantly - I think even one meet
per year is enough. It will keep your training focused, and it will
provide rewards that, while difficult to put into words, are worth
the effort and then some. If it's an outdoor swim you want, join up
with a couple of friends and enter as a team into a local triathlon -
you do the swimming leg, and let them do the bike and the run. This
is but one of many possibilities.

Just my opinion, and best of luck to you.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com



I like your idea, there is no reason I couldnt do all parts of a tri,
with practice, I might be decent at it.




<deep breath>
Exactly! There is rarely a reason a person cannot achieve what they set
out to do once they commit. Should you actually embark on such a path I
am sure you could be successful and I would be overjoyed to read or see a
news article on your accomplishment. In that light, I wish you well.

<sigh>
Unfortunately you return again and again to this group with visions of
granduer, evoking many comments, guidance, flames, and other traffic -
and yet to our knowledge the most you have done is gone to Basic
Training.

I coulda, woulda, shoulda..... it gets tiring when coming from a child
let alone an adult. At over 25 you certainly are viewed as an adult by
society, yet you act like a child sitting by the window watching the
world go by while day-dreaming.

You claim you like steve's ideas, and say there is no reason you couldn't
do it [with practice]. I say you are less than half right, as you have
not shown anyone in this group that you can get off your computer chair
and go out there and train.

.... i live too far away....
..... it is winter now ....
....excuse, excuse, excuse.

to quote Yoda, "No, do or do not, there is no try".
Time to fish or cut bait buddy.

.

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