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OW Swim Events 2013
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Good stuff....did you enter?
yeah i'd entered both went to athlone, a well organised swim in the river, current assisted for all but 100m. fair play to organisers they made a real effort on this and it showed. had a good race top five
got word before i left for cavan that there were only a handful of entries, wanted a good hard race so no point didn't bother heading over.0 -
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Hello, thanks for the replies.
I will be swimming in wetsuit.
The pool is open only for 90 minutes and I can manage only 120 - 138 lengths, depending on my commute and changing time. I am not fast by any means.
I will see if I could get into any other pool.
And will have to consider swimming wetsuit, the surfing one might get too restrictive after few hours. I'll jump into the sea tomorrow, if anybody is around.
Thank you for your suggestions, I'll keep on reading and training.
And I will try to avoid looking down (reminds me very bad joke). 0 -
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Hello, thanks for the replies.
I will be swimming in wetsuit.
The pool is open only for 90 minutes and I can manage only 120 - 138 lengths, depending on my commute and changing time. I am not fast by any means.
I will see if I could get into any other pool.
And will have to consider swimming wetsuit, the surfing one might get too restrictive after few hours. I'll jump into the sea tomorrow, if anybody is around.
Thank you for your suggestions, I'll keep on reading and training.
And I will try to avoid looking down (reminds me very bad joke).
You need to get into the sea as much as possible and familiarize yourself with it. I've always been in and out of the sea and I'm well used to it. Waves, rocks, fish etc. would not bother me. However, it freaks out other people. I swim sometimes with a guy who used to do alot of triathlons and ironmans, and who has plenty of experience of swimming in the sea - yet if the sea is choppy he will avoid going in, or he will not swim anywhere near rocks - it's down to the individual. If you are swimming in a wet suit - you also need to climatise yourself to that. Swimming 6K in a surfing suit could be hell, with restrictions, friction burns etc (but still possible). I used to swim in a surfing wetsuit up until this year when I got a swimming wetsuit and the difference is incredible (but you still get the friction burns!!). The distance - I was swimming similar distances to you in the pool over the winter, I find it easier to swim in the sea and could swim a bit further - but doubling the distance?? I did a 4.1k ow swim at the weekend, I could have done a bit more - but 2k extra, I don't think so. I'm working on doing a 5k in the coming weeks - one step at a time. You'll also need to get used to lots of other bodies around you - getting bashed, people swimming across, over, under you - all good fun, but can be frightening at first. Sea swimming is great, but it can take a bit of getting used to - get in as much as you can between now and then, you'll know if you are ready for it.0 -
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I would, but I have no internet at home, almost no time for internet at work, I HATE facebook and don't understand the LOS web page - haven't found any reasonable information about upcoming events.
Carrick-on-Suir this weekend, river swims of 500m, 750m and 1500m.
Sunday at 4.30, no Swim Ireland membership required.
Good safety cover. Wetsuits allowed.
No jellyfish 0 -
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