Wonders why he has a bad back 
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Finally got it the river tonight, was really pleasant, possibly a bit warmer than the lake was on Saturday but we’ve had two warm days.
Only did 1K but would have been 3 minutes faster than Saturday although it was much faster upstream but I think that was the wind direction being easterly.
The anti-fog for the goggles was useless, unless I either didn’t use enough or I’ve got some overly hot eyes!
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Forgot to ask when I posted on here the other day.
With these sizzling temps, who is swimming outdoors in their trisuit only, or maybe jammers? I was just wondering whether the water is that warm?
I am a wimp and I have never found the water warm enough for no wetsuit.
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hah same here so far but I thought I would check in case it’s melting hot without one! 
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I swam on the west coast in jammers at the weekend. If you ignore the ridiculous amount of jellys in the sea lochs just now it was fine. Generally, I’m in a wettie all year round though.
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It’s not THAT warm.
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Doesn’t it depend on the depth of the water? Shallower waters isn’t bad at all at the moment.
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I’ve just swum 3.8km in skins. Water temp was a lovely 25.4° (allegedly)
Water temp and air very similar tbf
I was slow AF but loved it
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Yeah, it’s warmAF.
I did 300m skins Saturday and fell in enough skins on Sunday, too.
If I wanted to go to the hell of rules that is my local organised lake, I’d be going skins.
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Sea is gorgeous at the moment. Was in for about half an hour just bobbing about yesterday in just a pair of boardies. Not even starting to get cold.
Swam in my wettie today just to loosen it up and to get used to it.
Not a bad way to start the day. Now sat with the wife enjoying a nice breakfast in the cafe.
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Do you even “werk” bruh ?
Off Wed-Fri this week.
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Coaching open water swimming as a fartlek with unstructured accelerations and active recoveries…
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1st swim in the Snugg wetsuit this morning & did my fastest laps of the year with less effort too despite the choppy conditions so pretty happy 
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Snugg is actually a good descriprion as the suit is a snugg fit without needing to be stretched on.
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Any recommendations for some neoprene boots/socks?
Ideally looking for more padded sole for rocky entries
I use Zone3 heat-tech socks in autumn/spring and they’ve stood up well to rocky entries. They’re not particularly padded but have good grip and seem to be durable.
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Good timing this thread getting revived. A new Zone3 Agile thermal wettie arrived yesterday for me. They’ve a sale on so it was a bargain. I wanted a thermal one as I’m freezing my tits off even in summer in my old Orca.
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