Open Water Training Places

garstmax

Hi Folks,

Havin just done my first tri, (and doing another at the end of August) I have now realised that I need to do more open water training, where would be best and safest around the Ringsend/ Sandymount area. I plan to do my OWT on Sat mornings.

Any help, advice greatly appreciated.

Seaswimmer

ringsend sandymount area is tidal and even at full tide you wont get much depth to swim in. Best bet round there is south wall from the Half Moon swim club. However on a saturday morning on your own it may not be the safest if you run into trouble and as well, you have a good 20 minute walk to get there from the car park. I would head out a bit to seapoint (tidal) or sandycove where there are always plenty of swimmers and you can swim at any stage of the tide in sandycove..

Fitzc

Hi,
i'm doing my first Tri Saturday week & although i'm a relatively strong swimmer, (who is more than happy in the sea), i've been a bit slow getting into the OWS training
I've been for a few swims around the forty foot/sandycove & was just wondering if anybody has any idea of approx. distances from 40ft-Sandycove, or around the yellow bouys out there?

Thanks

garstmax

Seaswimmer wrote: »

ringsend sandymount area is tidal and even at full tide you wont get much depth to swim in. Best bet round there is south wall from the Half Moon swim club. However on a saturday morning on your own it may not be the safest if you run into trouble and as well, you have a good 20 minute walk to get there from the car park. I would head out a bit to seapoint (tidal) or sandycove where there are always plenty of swimmers and you can swim at any stage of the tide in sandycove..

Thanks Seaswimmer, will check this out

SeaFields

Can i hijack this thread as well and just ask how do ye know what distance ye covered on an OW swim? I assume this would be important if ye are following a training plan.

Are there GPS watches that ye use or just take a rough guess?

I'd love to know how much i cover when i go for a long OW swim if there's a way to track it.

Highway_To_Hell

SeaFields wrote: »

Can i hijack this thread as well and just ask how do ye know what distance ye covered on an OW swim? I assume this would be important if ye are following a training plan.

Are there GPS watches that ye use or just take a rough guess?

I'd love to know how much i cover when i go for a long OW swim if there's a way to track it.

I use www.mapmyrun.com to estimate how far I have swam. I have a Garmin 405 that when used in an OW swim is very erratic at calculating distance covered.

andreag

Hi guys, another one for your calendar, i3 open water swim will take place on the 17th and 18th of September, 2011 at Lough Derg, the first mass participation event of its kind to be held in Ireland, organised by Shannon Development and the University of Limerick Activity Centre.

The main events include the Snamh Beag 1/2 mile (0.8km), the Shannon mile (1.6km) both open to all, and the 5 km ‘The Long Way to Tipperary’ aimed at the likes of yourselves! The 5 km swim will begin at the UL Activity Centre, Twomilegate and finish at the Ballina Water Park recreational area.


You can register exclusively online at www.i3swim.ie. If you have any questions please send me a private message

Thanks!