We gained an hour due to Daylight Savings Time, so the sun was already up by the time I reached Ladder #1 at 7:00am. The water temperature came in at 50F after an initial false (but hopeful) reading of 55F. The air temperature was a bit crisp at 35F, but there was no wind and lots of sunshine to take the edge off of the cold.
I decided to go with my thermo gear (5mm gloves, 5mm hood, booties) due to the air temperature, but I probably would have been fine in just a wetsuit and a thicker swim cap. The out-and-back to Oak Street Beach was flawless, and the lake was clear all the way to the bottom.
The Ochoas were out at Ladder #1 doing a training run, so I stuck around a bit and had some tea after I got out. Given the ample sunshine, I didn’t experience any afterdrop and wasn’t really cold at all. If it wasn’t for the 35F air temperature, this would have been a carbon copy of a mid-May morning.
Ladder #1 vista
The first November sunrise
This morning’s footage