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Thrilled to be Chilled Swim February 2018

I had noticed that an ice swimming event had been arranged at Bardowie Loch on the north side of Glasgow, to be held in February 2018. After dipping my toe in the water of an ice event at the GB Champs in Loch Lomond in February 2017, I decided to train for this event. My plan was to enter the 1km ice swim. Now you might ask what an ice swim is?… Read More

Category: 2018 Season, Thrilled to be Chilled Bardowie, Uncategorized Tags: Bardowie Loch, Bondi Beach, Caves Beach, ice km, ice mile, ice swim, ice swimming, IISA, IISA GB Champs, Loch Lomond, Luss, open water swim, open water swimming, openwater swim, Scotland, thrilled to be chilled, Wild West Swimmers

Great Britain Ice Swimming Championships

The International Ice Swimming Association were holding the 2017 Great British Ice Swimming Championships in the waters of Loch Lomond in early February 2017. Our group of swimmers decided to enter, but at the time of the close of entries I had not progressed my training enough, so limited my entry to the 50m sprint. Others were entered in the 1km, 500m and 200m events. The rules were simple, swim with one… Read More

Category: IISA GB Ice swimming Champs, Uncategorized Tags: Ben Lomond, ice swimming, IISA, Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond, open water swim, open water swimming, openwater swim, Scotland, Wild West Swimmers

GregInTheWater

GLASGOW OPEN WATER SWIMMING COACH