Do changing seasons affect your desire to swim?

[Torchwatch]

I'm sure that we have all seen the Westerns in which the cowboys crossing the desert reach the waterhole and leap in as they are, My dream is to be in speedos and just fall into water warm enough not to feel that icy cold shiver before I can warm up.
So in summer I want to swim outdoors in the sea or in an outdoor pool, almost feeling the ripples glide across my body as I swim underwater.
Swimming in an indoor pool is much the same all year round, but there is something special about pulling myself out of the pool and looking out through the window onto snow outside.

[area51tazz]

I swim laps in an indoor pool here in TX...I wish there was an outdoor lap pool nearby!

When I move to FL next year, I'll find one and use it for my laps

[Swimmboy]

I swim/train in an indoor pool pretty much year-round, though do hit an outdoor pool a few times during the summer. So the change of seasons doesn't really affect my swim training. If anything, I am more motivated to go to practice since I don't get out and about as much during the winter otherwise - in the summer, I'm outside biking, working in the yard, etc. In the winter, I NEED an excuse to get out and do something!

[SwimTeamSpeedo]

Cold weather is just life in Maine, as you know D67. I love swimming in the winter. I think it is pretty neat to be swimming in a pool in just my tiny swimsuit, knowing that outside it might be -20 or even worse (not uncommon here in January). I get really motivated to go to the pool when the snow is flying, for some reason. Things here rarely close for snow unless it is a really bad storm. I also like to go running in the winter, something about being out there in the wicked cold makes me feel very tough and masculine. I have some awesome lined running tights that keep me warm even when it is really cold, although I usually cut the outside running when the temps get colder than -15.

STS

[Bede735]

In a funny way I prefer it, as in Summer it takes me ages to cool down after a swim. But in cold weather I just feel nicely warm after it.

[Dooley67]

Originally Posted by Bede735

In a funny way I prefer it, as in Summer it takes me ages to cool down after a swim. But in cold weather I just feel nicely warm after it.

Bede,

That's a good point, but when you live in Maine, getting yourself out into the cold is what tests your dedication.

D67