Blogs about: Cold Open Water
The Magic Number
wrote 1 week ago: Cold water swimmers have a finely tuned thermo-receptive sense, an ability to judge water temperatur … more →
The relevance of shivering in open water swimming
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wrote 2 months ago: - Apologies to those email subscribers who saw this earlier in the week and are seeing it now again. … more →
Guest article - Ciarán Byrne - Lough Iochtar Ice Mile
wrote 2 months ago: As long-time readers will know, Rob The Bull Bohane, Ciarán Byrne and Finbarr Hedderman are all Sand … more →
Lough Dan Ice Mile Swim Attempt
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wrote 2 months ago: Late last week the opportunity to make another Official Ice Mile attempt was offered by Dublin and E … more →
What is cold immersion diuresis in swimmers?
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wrote 3 months ago: That is: Why you pee more during and after swimming. Diuresis is the medical term for increased urin … more →
The Eastern Bay Swim Club Official Ice Mile attempt - Part 2 Post-swim and analysis
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wrote 3 months ago: Part 1. Post-Swim Events I struggled to get my sandals on, then climbed the steps to my swim box to … more →
Eastern Bay Swim Club Official Ice Mile attempt - Part 1, the swim.
wrote 3 months ago: Most of the Sandycove Island Swimming Club were away in London at Tooting Bec Lido for the British C … more →
The Golden Rules of Cold Water Swimming
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wrote 4 months ago: Thanks the people who responded with their thoughts on this list, Finbarr, Lisa, Carl, Jack. The pos … more →
Cold water swimming and alcohol don't mix
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wrote 4 months ago: A couple of days ago I noticed some incoming traffic from a discussion thread on boards.ie. Swimmers … more →
HOW TO: Annual advice for a Christmas or New Year's swim in cold water for the irregular open water swimmer
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wrote 5 months ago: [This is a repeat of a post from last year. And the year before, apologies to the longer term reader … more →
Come with me on this cold water swim
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wrote 1 year ago: 2:25 p.m. I’m just in home within the last few minutes. It’s one hour and 13 minutes sin … more →
Introducing a precise open water swimming temperature scale
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wrote 1 year ago: Next year’s Cork Distance Week will have a record number of attendees, many from outside Irela … more →
Winter. It's almost here. I hate it, I like it, I hate it, I like it.
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wrote 1 year ago: via Wikipedia The temperature at the Guillamene took its first real drop of early winter last week, … more →
Is the water too cold to swim?
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wrote 1 year ago: This article is, once again, a variation of the most popular question here: “What temperature … more →
Total Immersion in marathon swimming
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wrote 1 year ago: I mentioned T.I. in an email to a well-known record-setting swimmer and we thought I might write a p … more →
Wristwatch as Open Water Safety Device
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wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes something is such a habit that you almost cease to realise its presence or utility. Such i … more →
Winter Is Coming
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wrote 1 year ago: The air temperature dropped yesterday. Prompted a bit of Games Of Thrones fun, 15 minutes with Googl … more →
Finbarr's Sandycove temps for this year
wrote 1 year ago: Sandycove Temps 2011 from Finbarr Thanks Fin. I swam in Whiting Bay this evening, I measured 15C but … more →
Irish summer water temperatures
wrote 1 year ago: I noticed someone was searching for these. Let me say though that all the experienced Irish open wat … more →
