2020 swim log

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|66.3|100%|-| |28
Martin|18.25|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|53.7|53.2|0.5|400TT 6:16|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18

@Martin - thanks for thinking of me

I was refreshing the application website furiously last Sunday. Actually think I was first in. Every I know who was interested, got a spot, but it looked to be fully sold out in 7 minutes

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|66.3|100%|-| |28
Martin|27.00|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|53.7|53.2|0.5|400TT 6:16|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18

BazWraf glad you got a spot, reason I posted because I knew the slots would be snapped up. Get back into sea and start training temp 7.7 deg.

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|70.5|100%|-|Club Session -Kicking and speed work |30
Martin|27.00|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|53.7|53.2|0.5|400TT 6:16|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|75.3|100%|-|W/U - 20 x 100 - 400 P&PB Fast|32
Martin|27.00|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|53.7|53.2|0.5|400TT 6:16|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18

Looks like that will be the last pool session for a while!

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|75.3|100%|-|W/U - 20 x 100 - 400 P&PB Fast|32
Martin|74.50|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|53.7|53.2|0.5|400TT 6:16|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18

Great to be back in the sea again.

martin6651 wrote: »

Great to be back in the sea again.

Just the nice 50km swim to break yourself back into it gently

Hoping to get in, in 3 weeks. Too far from the sea where I am currently

baz I spent 3 week swimming in the river as Blackrock was outside my 2k range. Now its within my 5k

radharc

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|14.5|100%|-|up to & incl. 25/1|7
rayo|75.3|100%|-|W/U - 20 x 100 - 400 P&PB Fast|32
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|143.8|143.3|0.5||
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

May as well keep this updated.

Everything since the lockdown has been done in an endless pool, I was fortunate to build one three years back, and its been a saving grace this past couple of months. At least a km done every day since March. in many ways its good to keep a streak going and as we all know the water washes away stress.
The OW is still outside my 5km zone, but I've measured and its exactly 19.99km from my bedroom to high tide at my usual beach, roll on June 8th!

Kurt I'm curious as to how you do 1K in an endless pool if you are not actually moving.

martin6651 wrote: »

Kurt I'm curious as to how you do 1K in an endless pool if you are not actually moving.

Its similar to treadmill for running- there is a current machine that you swim against. Set the pace and swim against it. There is a fair amount of turbulence, so its closer to swimming OW than a pool, and you have to take the pace setting within a certain degree of accuracy (I do my fastest "100's" at 1:14 pace which I wouldn't manage in the pool). I'm gauging it at 1km for every 20mins spent.

2old4dacold

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|3|up to & incl. 25/5|15&3
rayo|75.3|100%|-|W/U - 20 x 100 - 400 P&PB Fast|32
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|143.8|143.3|0.5||
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

A few pre-pandemic pool swims and a few in the river since the extension to 5k as it was outside my 2k. I’m more than 20k from the coast so a sea swim is a long way off.

@Kurt, tell us a bit more about the endless pool? Was it expensive? Is it hard on the ESB bill?

2old4dacold wrote: »

@Kurt, tell us a bit more about the endless pool? Was it expensive? Is it hard on the ESB bill?

It wasn't cheap, about €14K for wooden pool and Fastlane machine (which I built in a shed similar to this). Air-to-water heat pump is very effective and keeps ESB costs down. We're a family of swimmers, live 30k from nearest pool in the countryside and I work from home... so while it was expensive initially I save a lot of time travelling to pools and obviously its perfect for a situation like now.

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|3|up to & incl. 25/5|15&3
rayo|77.3|75.3|2|Liffey|33
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|143.8|143.3|0.5||
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|3|up to & incl. 25/5|15&3
rayo|79.4|75.3|4.1|Liffey|34
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|143.8|143.3|0.5||
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|3|up to & incl. 25/5|15&3
rayo|79.4|75.3|4.1|Liffey|34
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|156.1|151.6|4.5|Got a couple of OW swim in magic Kerry waters|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

2old4dacold

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|79.4|75.3|4.1|Liffey|34
Martin|81.52|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|156.1|151.6|4.5|Got a couple of OW swim in magic Kerry waters|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|79.4|75.3|4.1|Liffey|34
Martin|92.40|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|156.1|151.6|4.5|Got a couple of OW swim in magic Kerry waters|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|83.1|75.3|7.8|Liffey|36
Martin|92.40|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|156.1|151.6|4.5|Got a couple of OW swim in magic Kerry waters|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|87.6|75.3|12.3|Liffey|38
Martin|92.40|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|156.1|151.6|4.5|Got a couple of OW swim in magic Kerry waters|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|87.6|75.3|12.3|Liffey|38
Martin|92.40|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|87.6|75.3|12.3|Liffey|38
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|51.5|51.5|0|4KM Pool swim|18
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|87.6|75.3|12.3|Liffey|38
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|52.2|51.5|0.7|First swim in over 3 months - it made me very happy|19
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|91.6|75.3|16.3|Liffey|32/8
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|52.2|51.5|0.7|First swim in over 3 months - it made me very happy|19
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2

Gun_Slinger

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|91.6|75.3|16.3|Liffey|32/8
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|53.5|51.5|2|1.3k Sea Swim|20 (18 + 2)
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2|
Gun_Slinger|22.9|10.2|12.7|Ramping up o\w swimming the last few weeks. All swim details taken off Garmin from earlier this year|8/8

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|91.6|75.3|16.3|Liffey|32/8
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|54.5|51.5|5|1k Sea Swim|21 (18 + 3)
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2|
Gun_Slinger|22.9|10.2|12.7|Ramping up o\w swimming the last few weeks. All swim details taken off Garmin from earlier this year|8/8

Name|Distance (km)|--Pool--|--OW--|last session|# of swims
2old4dacold|33.5|30.5|15|up to & incl. 31/5|15&9
rayo|94.8|75.3|19.5|3.2km Quarry Swim|32/9
Martin|102.61|0|100%|
Toblerone1978|49.8|100%|0|To bring my log up to YTD February|20
Kurt Godel|164.7|157.6|7.1|A couple more OW dips|
Baz Wraf|54.5|51.5|5|1k Sea Swim|21 (18 + 3)
Radharc|3.0|0|3.0|Seapoint|2|
Gun_Slinger|22.9|10.2|12.7|Ramping up o\w swimming the last few weeks. All swim details taken off Garmin from earlier this year|8/8