It's been miserable in Sydney over the past few weeks. Rain, drizzle and blustery winds. Who'd wanna live here?So, to even consider an ocean swim at this time of year is foolhardy.
But that's what I'm doing. The Cold Water Classic, a 1.2 kilometre swim at Mona Vale beach, is on June 21 - and I'm thinking of entering.
The organisers have done the right thing and divided the categories into naked and wetties. By naked they mean cossies/togs/swimmers (but you all knew that). Wetties means wetsuits.
My mad brother-in-law, Davo, is going 'naked' a la budgie smugglers.
The water temperature is currently 18 degrees Celsius. I do my laps in pools around 25 degrees.
In Australia, June 21 is the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year.
Brrrr!
(Watch me talk my way out of this one!)
To freeze or not to freeze, that is the question.
Anyone got a spare wettie?
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