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open water swimming!!

  • 11-04-2011 1:13pm
    #1
    daithaik2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11 ✭


    hey, has anyone been swimming in the open water yet this year and whats the temp been like??? starting to get fed up with the pool!!!!! :pac:


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  • #2
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,016 ✭✭✭mad m


    Got in yesterday at Seapoint, very sharp but nice once you got used to it. Didn't stay in long though....


  • #3
    okane1
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    Was in on Saturday in Fenit, Kerry. Water temp about 11-12 degrees. Very nice, in for 30mins but I was wearing a wetsuit. You cant beat ow swimming after a winter of pool based training.


  • #4
    hidinginthebush
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    What sort of distance would sea swims generally cover?

    I swam a lot in a club until I was about 18, and got back into it a bit last Summer (just going for swims in the local pool to break up the day since I was at home writing up a thesis) and loved it. I'm toying with the idea of joining a sea swim club.

    Would they usually have formal training times, or is it more of a turn up for a swim on a Sunday morning sort of attitude?

    And does anybody know of clubs which operate around Portmarnock/Malahide in Dublin? Thanks!

    Sorry for hijacking the thread.


  • #5
    Bambaata
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,131 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    Im looking to get back in it very soon myself. I geenrally head for the Bull Wall when i can catch the tide before work (only about 3 to 4 days in every two weeks) and was also wondering if anyone swims in the mornings out Howth direction early in the morning?


  • #6
    mad m
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,016 ✭✭✭mad m


    hidinginthebush wrote: »
    What sort of distance would sea swims generally cover?

    I swam a lot in a club until I was about 18, and got back into it a bit last Summer (just going for swims in the local pool to break up the day since I was at home writing up a thesis) and loved it. I'm toying with the idea of joining a sea swim club.

    Would they usually have formal training times, or is it more of a turn up for a swim on a Sunday morning sort of attitude?

    And does anybody know of clubs which operate around Portmarnock/Malahide in Dublin? Thanks!

    Sorry for hijacking the thread.

    Anything from 1500 meters up to (5k Tommy Dorgan) But generally in or around 1.5k to 2.2k meters. Swim Ireland introduced a 5k and 10k race in Lough Dan and its on again this year.

    To swim in any of these races you have to be registered with a club, also you have to complete 4 qualifying races out of the calendar to qualify for the Dun Loaghaire harbour race and the Liffey race.


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