Hello, I'm new here and I'm rly curious about your reasons, motivations to do open water swimming? For me, it's just like any other sport. Do you have any interesting story about this??
I've done the Henley Classic in England twice now. It's a 2.1K course set along the rowing course for the Royal Regatta and is held on the Sunday before the regatta begins. The first year, the water was 61 with a stiff head current (my profile pic from this swim). Last year, the water was 77 and minimal current. Both were fun swims.
And while I was there both times, I got some swims in a lake in Dorchester that had a 1K buoy course set up that I circled a few times. I've been amazed at how the British have taken to open water swimming (the call it "wild swimming"). People of all ages and abilities in the lake swims on weekday afternoons. It's hard not to get addicted.
I've done the Henley Classic in England twice now. It's a 2.1K course set along the rowing course for the Royal Regatta and is held on the Sunday before the regatta begins. The first year, the water was 61 with a stiff head current (my profile pic from this swim). Last year, the water was 77 and minimal current. Both were fun swims.
And while I was there both times, I got some swims in a lake in Dorchester that had a 1K buoy course set up that I circled a few times. I've been amazed at how the British have taken to open water swimming (the call it "wild swimming"). People of all ages and abilities in the lake swims on weekday afternoons. It's hard not to get addicted.
