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When November ended, Spinney says she was still drawn to those numbing waters. Throughout December and now well into January she’s still wading in every other day<\/p>\n\n\n\n
said Spinney \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
AN ICY DAILY DIP: THIS WOMAN LOVES HER EXTREME SWIM REGIME<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
9 hours agoDuration1:51Jenny Spinney of Fredericton decided to go for a swim every day in November. Now it\u2019s mid-January and she\u2019s still swimming where she can find open water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don’t confuse this winter swimming regime with polar dips. Spinney isn’t running into the freezing water\u00a0and then staggering out to rush off to a nearby fire or sauna<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wades in slowly in her bright blue Crocs. She then faces the woods and soaks in the cold for around 10 minutes. She keeps her mittened hands above water, as well as her head covered in a thick toque\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But after soaking in the icy water, she says her head is clear and she’s ready to transition into her evening<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She wades out, throws on a big, thick coat and heads for her car \u2013 which has not been idling to stay warm.\u00a0\u00ab\u00a0It’s just a very peaceful feeling once you just relax and are calm ,and you just focus on one thing. You’re in the water and you’re focused on that. And it just kind of shuts everything out.\u00ab\u00a0It’s really hard to explain,\u00a0\u00bb\u00ab\u00a0But I got off work at four and then came here and had the busy-ness of the day in my head.\u00ab\u00a0I’m sure it looks ridiculous<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her favourite time to swim? Around 6:30 in the morning on her way to her office job. It’s still quiet and there’s no one to see her walking in her bathing suit in the snow\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
said Spinney<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ice will eventually freeze enough to keep\u00a0her out.\u00a0Open water is getting tough to find as winter sets in, and keeping a hole in the lake is tough when the ice grows\u00a0thicker each night. But until then, Spinney isn’t finished with her extreme swimming regime<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ab\u00a0It’s because I’m excited.\u00ab\u00a0Sometimes I could catch myself almost jogging down and I would think, ‘why am I rushing?’\u00a0\u00bb\u00ab\u00a0If I can find a hole that’s accessible or if the headpond stays open, or in the St.\u00a0John River, or wherever I can find a spot\u00a0\u2014 I’ll go<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jenny Spinney challenged herself to go for daily dips well after swimming season was over As the sun sets\u00a0on Fredericton’s Killarney Lake, a few kids playing hockey take their last few shots at the net and Jenny Spinney wades\u00a0into a hole in the ice in her bathing suit Despite the ice being nearly a foot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"enable_post_split":"0","post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n