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The Liffey Swim

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    #32
    jester1980
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jester1980


    Sorry for bringing up an old thread but some great info here which is better than me opening a new one.

    So ive been masters swimming for 2 years and am joining a club this week, few questions in relation to open water swimming

    1) Looking at the races on the calendar, does each one have an online entry site or do you just rock up on the day and pay fee to race?

    2) How long does it take to get your proper hcap, im an ok swimmer but assume ill be given tough hcap and be dead last then ha ha

    3) Done a good bit of open water swimming but never without a wetsuit, so what recommendations do people have, start trying to get used to the cold as early as April (silly question I know)

    thanks all


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    #33
    Freddio
    Registered Users Posts: 644 ✭✭✭Freddio


    1) Apart from the Liffey, Harbour, loch Dan and debatably the island, you just present yourself and your money before hand

    2) a proper handicap is a very subjective concept. Basic rule of thumb is if you race a lot and give it everything, you will get a return

    3) if you've done a lot of open water with a wetsuit then your challenge is psychological. Winter in a wetsuit is colder than summer in skins.

    On the topic of the thread, if your aiming for the Liffey, the views are amazing but don't keep your mouth open in awe.


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    #34
    jester1980
    Registered Users Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jester1980


    Freddio wrote: »
    On the topic of the thread, if your aiming for the Liffey, the views are amazing but don't keep your mouth open in awe.

    HAHA very good,

    Cool good to know, I like the idea of just rocking up and signing on that day.

    Yeah its 100 % in the head, I did a lot of open water training in portmarnock last year so will grow a pair and get down there in May to test it out in skins.

    Thanks for info


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    #35
    buck65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,969 ✭✭✭buck65


    Jaysus wait til June!

    swimming in a river or lake in the summer in skins is pleasant, the sea will always be cold, even in Aug/Sep when at it's warmest it will still only be 15 or 16c. A lake will usually be that in May.


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    #36
    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,001 ✭✭✭mad m


    jester1980 wrote: »
    Sorry for bringing up an old thread but some great info here which is better than me opening a new one.

    So ive been masters swimming for 2 years and am joining a club this week, few questions in relation to open water swimming

    1) Looking at the races on the calendar, does each one have an online entry site or do you just rock up on the day and pay fee to race?

    2) How long does it take to get your proper hcap, im an ok swimmer but assume ill be given tough hcap and be dead last then ha ha

    3) Done a good bit of open water swimming but never without a wetsuit, so what recommendations do people have, start trying to get used to the cold as early as April (silly question I know)

    thanks all

    ^^ Winner of the 99th Liffey!!!!


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,001 ✭✭✭mad m


    I think it will be announced shortly but you might have to register online before you do any races. You will be allocated a number once you register and this will be YOUR number and once you finish a race you give your number and not your name to person taking it at end of race.

    This (your)number will be used for every race during the season. The reason being is some people cant say their name after a race and it will speed up process just to give 3 digits.


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    John_Rambo
    Registered Users Posts: 9,499 ✭✭✭John_Rambo


    Such an iconic Dublin institute. Well done to anyone that participated.


    https://goo.gl/images/yDzase

    In The Liffey Swim Jack B. Yeats captures the atmosphere and thrill of an event that has been part of Dublin’s annual sporting calendar since 1920. The swim, held between late July and early August, was promoted in 1923 as ‘the biggest free spectacle of the year in Dublin’. The competitors raced from Victoria Quay to the Butt Bridge, a mile and a half downriver, where prizes were awarded to the first six home. In the uncertain atmosphere of Dublin in the early 1920s, the Liffey Swim was a celebratory event, in which citizens, regardless of age or class, could participate in either a competitive or supportive capacity. The early races were even scheduled to take place in the evening to allow people to attend after work.
    In his painting, Yeats invites his audience to engage with the event by cleverly placing them among the people. The crowd leans forward, drawing the viewer’s eye to the swimmers, who have reached a key point in the race and surge towards the finish line. By distorting the perspective, Yeats allows his picture to encompass the entire occasion. In the foreground, spectators jostle for position, while people on trams crane to catch a glimpse of the race. It is likely that the character in the brown fedora is the artist himself, and the woman wearing the elaborate yellow hat his wife Cottie. Yeats was awarded a silver medal for The Liffey Swim at the Paris Olympic exhibition in 1924.


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