Abstract
1605 The purpose of this study was to monitor body temperature during a 40 km swim in cool water. Subjects (13 males and 4 females) were participants in La Traversée du Lac St. Jean - an international long distance competition. On race day, water temperature in the lake ranged from 18.3 to 22.4 °C. Oral, rectal and tympanic temperature were monitored pre and post swim and throughout the race with the CorTemp system which consists of a capsule containing a temperature sensitive quartz crystal that transmitts a signal to a remote receiver. Subjects swallowed the thermometer pill 2 h prior to the race. Swim times averaged 628 ± 40 minutes for the males and 666± 36 minutes for the females. Pre to post oral temperature decreased by 2.0 °C (37.1 to 35.1) and tympanic temperature also decreased by 2.0°C (36.2 to 34.2). Telemetry of CorTemp was: TableTableOral and tympanic temperature were significantly lower than the CorTemp. These results indicate that core temperature measured via the CorTemp system was maintained during the 40 km swim in cool water.
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