Windrush Open Water Swim Event

Hey Members,

I want to promote one or more Open Water Swim Events this year to increase OW experience and reduce the often encountered reservation to jump into something that isn't a heated pool and where you can't see the bottom. This should be not too long distance or scale-able from beginner to experienced OW swimmer to get as big a participation from members as possible. It could be included in a weekend away with camping and maybe even bike ride or run on the next day, but the main focus is first to find swim events that you know of and maybe have participated in yourselves, and where you had a good experience.

Please send me as many suggestions as possible so that I can choose the ones that fit into the overall Windrush Event Calendar, we don't want to clash with Rory's Cycle Expeditions :)

Thanks a lot,

Tobias, Swim Captain

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Permalink Reply by Valérie on March 20, 2017 at 20:51
I'm doing the Thames Marathon the first weekend of August... any other Windrushers signed up?
Permalink Reply by Angel D. on March 21, 2017 at 9:06

Thanks Tobias! I'm too young and beautiful to die! :)

On a different note and if someone is raving engines for OW swimming, the Datchet lakes (Liquid leisure) is open between 6.30 and 9am (coo coo crazy) at weekends for open water swimming. Walkable from Sunnymeads station (direct train for CJ). Its open Easter weekend, I don't have more details but its a suggestion, I might be keen on going if organised and if I can find a wetsuit :)

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Liquid+Leisure+Waterski+And+Wak...!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876707e9433b007:0x510f2e2876a4f4fd!8m2!3d51.47458!4d-0.5582202

The link:  http://liquidleisure.com/open-water/

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Permalink Reply by Ana Rita Cabaco on March 21, 2017 at 12:14

Sounds like a wonderful thing to do! 

I'm in!

Permalink Reply by Tobias Mittelstaedt on March 22, 2017 at 15:56

They are opening easter weekend April 14th Angel, unfortunately you'll have to wait a few weeks still :(

https://www.facebook.com/Liquid-Leisure-Open-Water-Swimming-1320146...

But this will be one of the first venues to open this year, so good pointing it out!!

Permalink Reply by Tobias Mittelstaedt on March 22, 2017 at 17:04

Hi everyone I have made a google doc table with lots of OW events, and the people who are signed up or are interested in it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1woYDzYPIzELwUouQMU2LDGCn1EA...

You can all add comments to the table to add your name to an event, or to notify me of one that I haven't entered yet. Hopefully this will be available in a more accessible format soon, but I think this should do for now :)

Permalink Reply by Hannah on March 23, 2017 at 12:25
I've not signed up so far (if anyone else here fancies it I would consider it). A friend of mine did it - that's how I heard about it).

Tobias Mittelstaedt said:
Are you doing it Hannah??
Permalink Reply by Hannah on March 23, 2017 at 12:27
That's a brilliant document Tobi :) great idea! Will look in more detail when I have a big screen.
Permalink Reply by Mark Stern on March 25, 2017 at 9:21

I am doing a swim in Scotland in August:

http://www.vigourevents.com/loch-lubnaig

There is a 1k, 2k, 3k and a 5.5k (length of the loch). I am doing the 5.5k

Also booked for Dart10k on the sunday

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