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5k swim challenge - any takers?

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Apr 2021
1:30pm, 11 Apr 2021
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ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
I'm thinking about the 5k swim challenge programme and wondering about making a "race/event" for it on fetch. But is there one already?

The pool training starts in May but I will need to take a week of at the end of May (marathon week). It would be nice to have a few of us all aiming to take the 5k roughly the same time - although mine will of course be in a pool. I know there are loads of you who can already swim 5k but I suspect there are others like me who have got out of the swim training habit and need a little motivation and others who have not done OW before (though that is not an option for me). It's also good cross-training with running or cycling and good for the injured amongst us who need something no-impact.

It's not a race - the aim would be to swim 5km without stopping in our own sweet time.

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Apr 2021
2:39pm, 11 Apr 2021
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EvilPixie
Given I am already supposed to be doing 2.4m in July I’d be interested

Would potentially keep me moving afterwards
Apr 2021
3:54pm, 11 Apr 2021
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Sweetie
I'd also be up for that ITG, but probably not before August / September.
Apr 2021
4:43pm, 11 Apr 2021
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EvilPixie
Exactly sweetie
Apr 2021
5:08pm, 11 Apr 2021
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ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Aug/sep for the 5k or to start?

My slight problem in August is I hope to go to Greenland but I have no idea if or when. There is a pool in Nuuk but it is not great for training and unlikely I could do 5km in it.

And I'm not open-water swimming in Greenland!!!
Apr 2021
5:10pm, 11 Apr 2021
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EvilPixie
Doing

Maybe get fetch to do a virtual one?
Apr 2021
5:20pm, 11 Apr 2021
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BarefootEm
I'd be interested in this, if I can find a suitable swimming spot near the new house ā˜ŗļø
Apr 2021
5:25pm, 11 Apr 2021
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Sweetie
Yes, as EP says, August / September for actually doing the 5k.
Pools in Wales don't open until May, so I think I'd struggle to build up to 5k any earlier than August.
Apr 2021
5:59pm, 11 Apr 2021
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ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Is it possible to set up an event without specifying a date? We all just tick it off when we do it.
Apr 2021
6:14am, 12 Apr 2021
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richmac
At the moment my swimming would make it a couch to 5k!

But what the hell

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Maintained by ITG šŸ‡®šŸ‡ø
Thread for advice and encouragement for a 5km swim challenge, inspired by the OSW couch 2 5k swim programme: outdoorswimmingsociety.com

You don't have to do it open water and you don't have to do it by any particular date.

It's a challenge, not a race.

Fetch event here:

fetcheveryone.com/races/5k-swim-challenge---inspired-by-osw-couch-to-5k-swim-plan-5448939

BTW, there is a 5k, swim badge. Just saying.
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