Introduction (Please Read this First!) Here at OWC, a small group of us will continue to swim during the months of November through March –Read More
Category: Fitness & Training
Editor’s note – Here’s a repost of a piece from a few years back that’s still just as relevant today. I made some minor revisions toRead More
Here’s our inaugural swim tips video. The idea for doing this came to me while I was shoveling snow all day on Tuesday! All humorRead More
Chapter 5: The Afterdrop – What it is and How to Manage it After your body finally gets acclimated to the colder water, you’ll be surprisedRead More
Chapter 4: Taking the Plunge – How to Effectively Manage the Swim Start When you let go of the ladder and start to wade out into the lakeRead More
Chapter 2: Pre-Swim Preparation – The Real Key to Mastering Cold Water Settings As noted previously, 80% of the challenge involved with swimming for extendedRead More
Chapter 1: The Inner Game – How Your Brain Works in the Open Water (and elsewhere) Here’s a quick exercise I want you to doRead More
Chapter 3: Gear Selection When the lake temperature dips below 55F, a strange thing happens – namely, most people decide that it’s too cold toRead More
(Photo – New York Times) Last week, two triathletes died during the swim portion of the New York Triathlon. One of them was from theRead More
You think you’re bulletproof out in the lake? Think again… ______________________ Drowning is easy. In fact, it’s so easy that over 3,000 people annually inRead More