As today is the first Friday after 1 June, the swimming pool opened today for 'health swimming' (it was opened a few times in the afternoon in the last few days). I didn't expect the water in the pool to be warm, but I certainly wasn't prepared for the ice bath that awaited me and my fellow swimmers. I doubt that the temperature was below 15°C, but it felt very cold! It took me a few lengths to get used to the cold, keeping my head out of the water at first. As this was my first swim of the year, my arm muscles weren't up to the task of swimming, so after 10 lengths I called it a day. After all, I'll be returning tomorrow, and each time the swimming gets easier. I didn't take my new headphones as I knew that I wouldn't be swimming for long.
People don't feel absolute temperatures, but rather comparative temperatures: if the water felt ice cold this morning when the air was only warm, I hate to think of what it feels like now to go from 41°C to 15°C. That certainly will cause thermal shock!
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