swimathon

This might sound daft to some but if your gearing up for a swimming event in 2013 this is a great way to get some training in and get some swim confidence. Also get a medel so you can get some bling in.

http://rfi.swimathon.org/?utm_source=eshot&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=To%202012%20swimmers%20re%20fundraising%20and%20dates%20for%20SW13

I can't recommend this highly enough.  Been doing it for 12 years, I even did the 10k for 3 years!  This year got a lesson from Duncan Goodhew.  Compare your 5k swim time to your 1/2 marathon time. Plus try to raise some money for a great cause. 

The wife and the Dolphin have been doing this for the past few years, which is their sole swim based open event each year. They love it, and even got a new towel as a prize.

done the 2.5K a couple of times and aiming for the 5k next year for exactly the reason Cake says

I do the 5k each year as an early test of my IM swim fitness, it's a cheap session, and someone else counts the lenghts for you, so a no brainer realyy, all you need to do is swim.

cheers Cake.  intrerest submitted

Registered in interest I wonder where my nearest one will be.

I'm thinking of doing a 5K swim each day of the event, so a 15K swimathon weekend. I'm not sure how quick my third will be, but I like a challenge!

I'm a fan of distance swims, we're going to a 24-hr swimathon next month, last year OH swam 25km and this year I'm going to see just how far I can go myself. Having learnt from last time I won't go until late evening, there are too many swimmers before then but from about 11 pm until around 6 am you can swim without hindrance. After that the early birds start arriving back in the pool. I can't deal with 20 swimmers per lane, mostly doing breaststroke.

oh, I think they do this at my local pool, I have registered my interest. WIll be good to see how far/fast I can swim then, will be a year after startng to learn front crawl

Thanks for the link Cake, I've registered.

Entries open today and half price entry this month!

Is there anywhere that does it in a 50M pool darn sarf?

Dustboy wrote (see)

Is there anywhere that does it in a 50M pool darn sarf?

Yes there's the garrison in aldershot does it and that's 50m

Surrey Sports park in Guildford has a 50m pool as well.

pain in the neck that cardiff is doing it the weekend later............so is the weekend of the DIY half ironman.i could do it friday morning before travelling northwards

Schmunkee - The List Fairy wrote (see)

I am dropping down to the 1.5k this year and hoping to do it MK way.

Does anyone else think the number of participating pools is reducing?

I was talking to the lass's running our local one last year and from what they where saying there is a strugggle to get enough people to marshall it. Might be the reason?

I looked at the Surrey sport park but they're saying that they're doing it in their 25m pool