This was a really nice event!! Would recommend it for next year. Representing 795 was myself, Kevin, Paul H., Peter and Eimear. For the 25 euro you could enter one or two or all of the events which were 1500m, 750m & 500 and they were run in that order with about 15 min break before the start of the next one. Goody bag too was decent too...considering it was a charity event [for the RNLI]. Lovely soup and bread after each race. Great atmosphere about & the weather was a great bonus!
All of us did the 1500 and myself and Kevin also did the 750 [I think Peter did all three, just didn't get to see him after]. It was a beautiful sunny day so it was flat calm and no current to deal with. It was cold at 11 degrees...but felt grand after 5 minutes. Eimear and myself were fairly jittery before the start [my first swim outdoors this year] and if the lads were nervous they weren't letting on!! Kevin was very brave and swam without the wetsuit for both events! Peter said he was planning on doing the 500 without also. Mass start so a bit congested at the start from the slipway [about 200 participants per event] but now I'm happy that I don't mind getting my goggles kicked off my head, punched in the arm and dragged under by my ankles
That's good experience I think! We all came in between 28 mins and 35 for the 1500m. The winner was in a bit over 19 minutes.
Such a beautiful venue, you couldn't go wrong. Great day out for the kids too.
Sorry I only have a photo of the venue and a photo of 3 of us...missing Paul and Peter...
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if anyone is interested in joining us. You can do any or all of the swims [for the same price of 25 euro], not sure how that works on the day, whether there is much of a gap between the races... It's a good cause too...