Mike Bottini is an author, naturalist, lifeguard, and cold water swimmer. He formulated the Two Minute Rule. It's an ice water swimming rule. Ice water swimming is swimming in water that is below 41 degrees in nothing but a swimsuit (goggles, cap and ear plugs are allowed).
The hardest part is the first two minutes. Your body goes into shock. You lose your breath. Your blood races to the brain and heart. All this happens at once. It's disorienting, chaotic, and scary. And it feels like it's never going to end.
The key is knowing –– somewhere, somehow, faintly –– that the storm will end. That's how to bear it.
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