I'm hoping this weekend to try out the idea of drinking warm/hot water before getting into the water and see how that works while doing everything else I've already been doing. Yesterday did seem quite a bit better than normal. I stayed warmer/comfortable longer than normal even though it was crappy weather and colder water. I would spend quite a bit more time in the water if it wasn't for one problem I know that I have that makes "hard" shivering undesirable. I have stayed in the water in the past until I was shivering big time and would love to do it again but I know I don't really dare. Sometime I'll get the money saved up to take care of the problem and than I'll go have some cold shivering fun but until then I watch/listen to myself and get out of the water early.
I just thought about it, I might have to try the idea of "hard" swimming between dives and see what happens. I'm curious how long it would take to warm back up, if I could warm back up. Right now I'm getting two or three dives before getting out. If I could still get the two dives than swim for a while and warm back up enough to get another two dives, than more swimming, etc. I would have to say that it's worth it. Admittedly I do have this stinking sore arm that makes freestyle swimming a little painful but I might be able to find a way to work around it.
Ryan
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