cold swim + weekly stats

Cold Swim
Planned to do 5000 meters (50x100meters with an 8 breath rest) in the 50meter outdoor pool. Did my first 2200 and really had to take a pee break - so I took the long journey to the locker room - the outside air temp was in the low 80s and sunny, but I started to shiver and shake, so before re-entering the pool I took an extra 5 minutes and sat in the sun. When I got back in the pool I was still pretty cold, but I kept going until I got to 4000 meters and had to pee again!

This time I tried a hot shower before returning to the pool, but I couldn't get warm, so I laid in the sun again and totally crashed for about 30 minutes! I woke to a small child screaming and decided that 4000 meters was plenty.

I didn't feel like the water was excessively cold (I should have found out the actual temperature), but I wasn't working too hard, mostly concentrating on smooth, long strokes. I've had hypothermia before and I felt like I was in the early stages, and it was just smarter to pull out and save myself for another day.

I suspect Hawaii water temps will be warmer.

Weekly Stats
easy week, finishing 12.7 hours, as in...

4.03 run hours
2.83 swim hours
5.85 bike hours

thats...
32.25 run miles
4 swim miles
103 bike miles

it scares me that I think that this was an easy week!

'only' 19 hours the next two weeks - then it's taper city!