https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/corsica-sardinia-bucket-list-swim/ Total Immersion Fri, 20 Feb 2026 11:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/corsica-sardinia-bucket-list-swim/#comment-5984 Fri, 05 Aug 2016 20:12:14 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4023#comment-5984 […] has been accompanied by a parade of symptoms, one following another. I felt great—and had just finished a fantastic Corsica-Sardinia swim—when I received my initial diagnosis. I still felt great the first week of January as I coached […]

]]> https://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/corsica-sardinia-bucket-list-swim/#comment-5797 Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:08:00 +0000 http://www.totalimmersion.net/blog/?p=4023#comment-5797 What a wonderful place to swim in. Given the duration of the swim, I wonder at the impact of water temperature. Here in New Zealand water temperature sinks to mid 8 deg Cel and in summer sits in the mid to high teens depending on where you are. Here, Donal does not support using TI as a method due to the risk of the onset of cold and hypothermia http://loneswimmer.com/2011/10/20/total-immersion-in-marathon-swimming/. Whether it is adaptation or just the short duration, up to 45 min at this stage in these sort of temps, I haven’t got to the stage of feeling cold in the water, beyond the cold sensation on the skin.
I would be interested in thoughts on the impact of cold water in longer duration swims, esp for those exceeding an hour.

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