Swimmers are, well, different. They spend more time in the water than on land, and swim further than they walk or run on a daily basis. The swimmer in the swim video above is the real-deal. He clearly has the swimmer body type, hair, swimsuit, etc. Love his dad begging him not to do it in the background! The only description from youtube is:
What happens when a swimmer doesn’t swim for a few days?
How true is that?
Snow Swimming or Swim Team Snow Runs are a tradition for a lot of teams. I did it — back in the day — with my old prepschool team, The Mercersburg Academy. If your team does it, send us the video and we’ll post! Here are a few of my favorites.
Snow swimming Championship in Finland 2013 (perhaps the most famous snow swimming video yet):
Snow Butterfly Swimming (which pulled in a big audience on SwimSwam):
Masters Swimming Indy Aquatic Masters Snow Practice (29 degrees out, and only wet swim suits to keep these Masters swimmers warm):
Snow swimming in Lapinlahti, Finland: