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Pool Vs. Sea - which do you prefer

  • 18-09-2008 10:18am
    #1
    topper75
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭


    I often mull over the pros and cons of both. I wonder what other people think.
    • Pool is warm, near perfect visability, relatively stable surface, and easy to measure distance swam. Downers are hitting walls all the time, crowding, chlorine.
    • Sea is natural, makes me feel more alive and I can stroke away and get lost in my thoughts en route to a far away target. Downers are jellyfish, low vis, choppy and cold.
    All in the balance, I prefer sea - but I will have to retire back soon to the pool with dipping Autumn temperatures. Anyone else got a preference?


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  • #2
    Izoard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭Izoard


    Personally, I love the "one with nature" feeling of OW swimming, particularly as it is getting harder to do a pool session without a number of others for company in the lanes.

    One thing that I have noticed is that I don't go near the sea anymore without the tri wet suit. It has become such a crutch that even when messing around in the surf with the kids, I'm in the bat suit:-(

    Plenty of dodgy looks through out the summer!


  • #3
    6th
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    For me its got to be the pool purely for visibility. Temperature etc of the sea is no problem for me.


  • #4
    DolphinMasters
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭DolphinMasters


    The idea of OW being a contact sport kinda puts me off it so I think I'm a pool swimmer for sure. Though saying that more and more masters swimmers I know are getting to like the OW - one even did an 8K swim :eek: this summer!

    Also not keen on the whole wet suit thing - so used to a swim suit now I would feel a bit strange wearing one. But I suppose it's something you could get used to.


  • #5
    estebancambias
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,103 ✭✭✭estebancambias


    Sea.


  • #6
    Killgore Trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Killgore Trout


    Sea FTW.

    Some of the most enjoyable swims I had this year were in rough conditions

    Dropping temperatures? The sea was as warm in Dublin yesterday as it's going to get all year. October and November aren't too bad either - though getting changed in November is chilly air temp wise. Check out http://www.met.ie/marine/marine_climatology.asp

    That said the majority of my winter mileage will be in the pool with a dip in the sea once a week.


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