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Jul 2022
2:04pm, 12 Jul 2022
1,636 posts
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poppyH
Just managed my longest OW swim, 2 miles. It was lovely, I was a bit surprised to get rained on today.
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Jul 2022
2:56pm, 12 Jul 2022
55,656 posts
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LindsD
Well done. Was just raining here too
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Jul 2022
3:24pm, 12 Jul 2022
36,311 posts
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LazyDaisy
Yes we had the briefest of showers here too but it's still horribly humid.
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Jul 2022
10:09pm, 17 Jul 2022
17 posts
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Stig-OT-Dump
Did anyone else do the Bantham Swoosh yesterday?
Was my first time and thoroughly enjoyed it, would totally recommend
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Jul 2022
5:43am, 18 Jul 2022
8,768 posts
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KatieB
Glad you enjoyed it.  I’ve done it twice (2018,2019). Did the Boomerang this year and volunteered at the Swoosh (registration tent).
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Jul 2022
7:39am, 18 Jul 2022
18 posts
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Stig-OT-Dump
Hope it went well for you
I have a mate trying to talk me into doing both events next year
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Jul 2022
8:22am, 18 Jul 2022
8,769 posts
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KatieB
I can't say I would massively recommend the Boomerang...it wasn't all bad by any means...the wait all day was a bit hard...but the main psychological difficulty for me was swimming upstream to no fixed point in space....and not even a definitely fixed point in time. Turning at tide turn, you have a little while of slack and then I felt like a meerkat, popping up to see if anyone was turning yet...what about now? Now? And then eventually turning.
It would have helped to have a few km marker buoys out, at least I could have aimed for 2km to turn, I think that probably would have been doable.
My head was definitely not in a great place due to personal stuff admittedly, which didn't help my forward momentum.
I don't think it would be too hard to do both, my boomerang was 1hr 20 (a faster swimmer would have had a longer swim...I was near the back getting in and one of the first out), my swoosh (2019) was about 1hr25. We certainly had a good number of double dippers at registration on Saturday morning.
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Jul 2022
8:32pm, 18 Jul 2022
55,813 posts
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LindsD
Swoosh sounds nice.
I think I would have felt the same as you about the Boomerang
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Jul 2022
8:22am, 19 Jul 2022
19 posts
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Stig-OT-Dump
Sorry it wasn't a more fun experience for you, and hope your head gets to a better place soon
Interesting to hear how you found it - some food for thought there
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Jul 2022
10:06pm, 20 Jul 2022
37,762 posts
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halfpint
Went for a wee dip tonight. Water was lovely. Location too.
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