Open Water Swimming

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Wednesday Mouse Jan 2020 9:42pm, 21 Jan 2020 1,176 posts	0 Wednesday Mouse That sounds fab tomsmum! I totally get the "wheeeee!" feeling after an OW swim, its an amazing buzz that lasts all day. Sadly I've only ever managed sea swims a couple of times at events; living in Nottingham rather precludes me from visiting the coast often!
Red Squirrel Jan 2020 9:04pm, 24 Jan 2020 21,236 posts	0 Red Squirrel Lots of amazing swimming on here!! Well done peeps. I'm still swimming in my local lake which is open at weekends and just recently one day in the week (which I can't make). T'was 7 degrees last Sat and I'll be in tomorrow, expecting it to be 6.5 or even 6, but we'll see.
Helegant Feb 2020 10:56pm, 4 Feb 2020 6,719 posts	0 Helegant De-lurking to say that I still haven't managed to get anywhere near CSS pace in the pool so still haven't managed a 'proper' training swim doing timed lengths. On Monday I swam 3.1k without the bleep, just taking a few seconds of rest after each km. Basically my 'long swim' pace is much slower than my 400m or 200m pace. I have February and March to get my act together before hitting the outdoor lake, and am getting a bit concerned that there's a huge training gap to fill before Coniston.
Nightjar Feb 2020 11:11pm, 4 Feb 2020 5,663 posts	0 Nightjar You’re a good k ahead of me!
Northern Exile Feb 2020 2:02pm, 5 Feb 2020 5,906 posts	0 Northern Exile FGR article in this month's Cumbria magazine. Jenny is probably one of the best swimmers to have attempted the round.
Nightjar Feb 2020 3:49pm, 5 Feb 2020 5,667 posts	0 Nightjar Oooh... 😀
njosmith Mar 2020 7:34am, 7 Mar 2020 470 posts	0 njosmith Short blog about the Alex Heads to Mooloolaba 2.5km ocean swim this morning here fetcheveryone.com/blog/13628
ferret Mar 2020 9:11am, 27 Mar 2020 4,297 posts	0 ferret Thanks for the FGR article, NE.
Northern Exile Mar 2020 9:58am, 27 Mar 2020 6,098 posts	0 Northern Exile Welcome I was forced to close down the FGR on Monday, lots of disappointed people. The fells and lakes are going nowhere, they will be there when this is all over.
1step2far Mar 2020 10:26am, 27 Mar 2020 4,778 posts	0 1step2far I've just been banned from one of the open water swimming groups. They are still encouraging OWS and even getting new people involved. A water rescue takes lots of people and is far harder than scooping you up from the side of the road but the arrogance is quite shocking. The RYA, BCU and canals and rivers trust have all asked that we stay off of the water. Swimming needs to stop too.