Water temp creeping down [Iron Mike's Marathon Swims » Iron Mike's Marathon Swims --]

Had another great OW swim yesterday at Revere Beach. It was low tide and the water was coming in in nice waves, which made the swim fun. The beach has a few low areas; from my feet getting wet to the water being deep enough to not drag my fingers was probably a good 300m. It just kept getting shallower and shallower! I got water up to my waist, walked a bit and the water was back down to my mid-thigh and at times my knees. I was tired of walking so thought I’d just swim, but you can’t really do anything with your stroke when you’re constantly hitting your hands on the bottom.

I finally got out past the breakers (?) and began the work of swimming. I have such trouble just swimming when I go to the beach. It’s so dang pretty out, the water is so nice, and when there are waves, I like jumping into them! The beach is in line with Boston Logan airport, so I will flip over and watch the planes. Bottom line, I end up with significantly less moving time than time elapsed, as you can see in the picture below.

All in all, a nice and short 1.5 miles in 67* water. Last weekend the water was 68-70*, but this time a steady 67F. No issues with cold till the sun went behind the clouds; it was past 5pm and it did start to feel cold. The wind also picked up. Yet, I was fine in the water. We’ll see how long I last. I want to keep going until I can’t even get in the water. I wonder what temp that’ll be?!