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Fetch Virtual Challenge 2022 - Swim Challenge

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Goofee May 2022 2:42pm, 4 May 2022 4,184 posts	Quote Pin Goofee That's just a bit down the road from my house, Jules, I'll nip down virtually and cheer you all on!
Sushi. May 2022 4:45pm, 4 May 2022 34,560 posts	Quote Pin Sushi. JulesR I've nipped round to Goofee gaff to make flapjack whilst he cheers you on.
JulesR May 2022 5:10pm, 4 May 2022 28,269 posts	Quote Pin JulesR I used to run a loop from Purley to Pangbourne along the Thames them back up a very evil hill beginning with a “W”
Goofee May 2022 5:28pm, 4 May 2022 4,185 posts	Quote Pin Goofee I know it well!
JulesR May 2022 6:23pm, 4 May 2022 28,270 posts	Quote Pin JulesR Overnight in Pangbourne - I was asked by my friend who lives there “how come your virtual swim route goes through town on the road?”
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ May 2022 6:46pm, 4 May 2022 45,369 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Overnight in Pangbourne - I was asked by my friend who lives there “how come your virtual swim route goes through town on the road?” If your friend would like to swim the route with a GoPro on his/her head and send the resulting film to Google for adoption into their streetview world, then a future event can model the route more closely. That may sound as if I am being defensive, but I am genuinely not! On a related note, I do wonder whether parkrunners around the country could be encouraged to do the same with parkrun routes. If you are doing the FE Run/Walk virtual event, you may have noticed various participants pointing out parkrun locations which the virtual route visits. Sadly, these are frequently locations where there is no or little streetview coverage ...
poppyH May 2022 8:24pm, 4 May 2022 1,584 posts	Quote Pin poppyH I'm going slightly mad without having swum for several days due to family/work commitments.
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ May 2022 8:47am, 5 May 2022 45,370 posts	Quote Pin ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Oi, who pushed me off the bridge? That was very cold, so I got out again pretty quickly, but I’ve made a start. 😀 And there was the bonus of a seal swimming about 100 yards away!
Sushi. May 2022 11:19am, 5 May 2022 34,565 posts	Quote Pin Sushi. Well Done ♪♫ Synge ♪♫
JulesR May 2022 4:22pm, 5 May 2022 28,271 posts	Quote Pin JulesR Now if open water swims counted double distance, that would be a incentive to get in the lochs early