With the recent stretch of phenomenal swimming conditions it becomes easy to forget how quickly the lake temps can change. With the warm water temps we experienced yesterday and the air temps forcasted to be around 90 today who could blame us for expecting a continuation of our recent streak of exceptionally warm water.
...but if it's one thing the Patriarch and I have learned from all our Lake Michigan swimming adventures its never take anything for granted. Yet when Sandy, Nahi, The Patriarch and I arrived on the Klode beach this morning we were a bit surprised to find cooler water temps. Not cold...but cool....and still bearable for Sandy, The Patriarch and I to swim without the assistance of a wetsuit. Nahi, now in his Ironman taper, appeared to be a bit relieved that his workout today required that he swim in his wetsuit...with a smug grin on his face he placed the blame squarely on his coach for requiring him to wear his wetsuit rather than give in to the peer pressure to go without.
Undeterred by the cooler water temps Sandy and Nahi logged a 'rockpile' and back loop while the Patriarch and I...who are both tapering for big weekend events...swam 3/4 of the way to the 'rockpile' before returning.
If I had to guess, I'd place the water temp this morning in the upper 60's vs the mid 70's we enjoyed over the weekend. With today's forecasted high around 90 and with plentiful sunshine we are very optimistic that the cooler water temps will be only momentary. We again plan to head out from Klode at 4:30pm.
Upcoming Plans:
Tuesday: 4:30pm Klode
Wednesday: 6:30am Klode
See you on the Beach!
-Capt'n
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