5k swim challenge - any takers?
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Jul 2021
3:45pm, 21 Jul 2021
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jda
Well done to both of you. My swimming is decidedly gentle and easy for now, something to do on a day off between various bike races. Not made it as far as a mile yet but may do so next week. |
Jul 2021
4:07pm, 21 Jul 2021
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ITG 🇮🇸
Brilliant,Jules! All that swimming will come in handy for me as there is a surprise tri on Sat that I have not prepped for at all. Barely biked this year. |
Jul 2021
4:33pm, 21 Jul 2021
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JulesR
There was a Challenge branded tri in Iceland before Covid that happened no? The swim was super cold, but that’s all I remember about it (goes off to Google it) |
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Jul 2021
4:36pm, 21 Jul 2021
26,482 posts
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JulesR
Imaginatively called Challenge Iceland: triathlete.com I bet the swim wasn’t really 2.4 miles as this article claimed… |
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Nov 2021
11:08am, 21 Nov 2021
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ITG 🇮🇸
How did you all get on? I just realised I had never logged by time in my race portfolio. There are only 5 fetchies formally signed up but Id love to hear your stories.
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Nov 2021
11:15am, 21 Nov 2021
11,635 posts
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Sweetie
*looks sheepish*
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Nov 2021
9:48am, 22 Nov 2021
12,632 posts
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Little Nemo
Umm.... Not actually swum since June! 
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Nov 2021
1:32pm, 22 Nov 2021
18 posts
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Hobie
I did an inter-island swim in August that I've recorded as my entry for this. It was billed as a 5k but that allowed for tidal drift, and I managed to swim fast enough that I didn't get pushed too far off course so got from A to B in 4.4km. The qualifier swim was 4.75km. I decided that between the two of them that was enough! It was a great thing to do and helped me get over a mental barrier about open water swimming, but what I learnt from this even was that I don't really have an appetite to go much further than 5k in the open water in future. I'm a pool swimmer at heart. |
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Nov 2021
3:25pm, 22 Nov 2021
13,873 posts
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ITG 🇮🇸
That's fab, Hobie. A bit less fab, Little Nemo and Sweetie, but cats and pumpkins aren't meant to like water The challenge isn't going anywhere so you might find another opportunity.
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Nov 2021
3:39pm, 22 Nov 2021
29,151 posts
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EvilPixie
friend of mine just did 10k in the pool she's a lot faster than me but my stupid head did say "I wonder if I could do that?" wouldn't do it ow but pool maybe not that I could be in the pool that long as it's not allowed atm still haha |
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