- Few people can swim a mile in fifty degree water. Apparently, I'm one of the elusive few who can do two miles.
- An average adult person has a 50/50 chance of surviving a 50 yard swim in 50°F water. Well, given the number of times and total distance I've swum in 50° water, it's a statistical certainty that I should have died.
- This site puts expected time before unconsciousness at 1 hour for 50° water. Dang... if only I could get those two miles in under an hour...
- The chart at the bottom of this page concurs: a "clo" value of 0.06 (nude) means death at just over an hour. Dang, those Speedos I have must be great.
Anyway, this is my new standard workout. I've been swimming in Port Orchard Narrows (which, despite the name, is actually a channel/strait, not a port) from Fletcher Landing (short bike ride from my house) down to the tip of Crystal Springs. Google Earth puts it at 1.18 miles. My thermometer puts it at 50°-56°, depending on the day.
2 comments:
David, this looks like a fun swim. I'll join you in a few months, if I make it that far in my swim around the island, a little at a time.
Dave--
This is a great metaphor for today's real estate market. People with guts and what-else-it-takes (wet suit or lots of bear grease) get in the water and have it all to themselves.
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