Big Ricks Swim Team: Ricks @ The Great London Swim...

Friday 8 July 2011

Ricks @ The Great London Swim...

Big Ricks Swim Team @ The Great London Swim 2011
Victoria,Nick,Keil , Gary, Rebecca and Darran

Big Ricks Swim Team take to water with the other swimmers
in the 12.30 Red wave at the Great London Swim

Some of Big Ricks Swim Team this week had the pleasure, of missing channel training and instead were taking part along with 5000 others swimmers in the British Gas Great London ,( 2/7/11), The swim was being held in the beautiful surrounding of the Royal Victoria and Albert Dock in the heart of the capital.

The Millennium Dome was an amazing back drop to the swim

The London course is simple and fast course..its 800m to the 1st turn, 200m sprint , then turn and 600m to the finish..sounds simple , but when your swimming with 300 others in the heat, well anything can happen..

6 of Ricks Team traveled to London Darran , Keil ,Gary , Nick, Victoria and our old swimming friend and newest ricks member Rebecca.

the swimmers take to the 16 degree water for a warm up before their 12.30 start

Watch a Clip of the start of the 12.30 red heat, look out for ricks team...Darran and Gary are one the 1st swimmers into the water..

22 mintues later Darran was the 1st swimmer to finish..
Top Swimming super..

Daz takes a rest and removes his timing chip..
a job well done ...now for a beer...!!

Darran was of the team to finish..., in 22,20...which resulted in him coming 3rd in the 44-49 age group, next was Gary in 24,50 .( 17th in 40-44 age), then came new comer to open water Rebecca in 24.59 ( 3rd in the lades 40-44), the came keil ( 30.01) nick in (33.20 and finally a great swim by Victoria in 37.14..great swimming by all the team....

Darran and Rebecca.
3rd in their respective age groups

Nick giving the Thumbs Up..to another Victory over his wife Victoria..!!

Kiel looking just a bit Red after he finished..!!

Victoria has just discovered Nick has beaten her for the 2nd great swim in a row.!

Nick and Gary showing of their manly bodies after the race..

Moving on to the channel news, the rest of the channel team continued with their training at swan pool,..with it only being 12 days till we swim , training is now all about maintaining our fitness levels ..trying not doing anything to mad, just 6 and 7 laps of swan pool is enough 3 times ..(that takes around 1 hour 15 minutes...) to keep us fit and sharp for the 19th July..!! ..But We have had one or two tiny problem this week....

Swan Foot
These are Big Ricks Captain Rob "chunky monkey" Cash`s dainty size 6 1/2 pins..!! ( yes baby feet) this is what happens when your feet have to carry 17 stone of meat around year after year and its also from a tiny tiny winy winy nat bite at Swan Pool..!!we did suggest he should chop them of as it would most likely make him swim faster..!! well he couldn `t be any slower..said young Doug..;-)

Wednesday nights report from Swan Pool (6/6/11)
Joking aside , but Rob and Nicky have been side lined from swimming because of insects bites that have turned poisonous ,all the team dozens of bites every time we swim, but not much we can do about it really apart from scratch and bear it..

This weeks humming channel classic is just a top top song..it was chosen by ricks swim teams ladies champion J.P...Jenny Powell....its the Queens true Classic song Don`t Stop Me Now...

Only 12 days To Go.......

Big Ricks team are swimming the channel in aid of Cancer Research UK and The British Heart Foundation . If you wish to Support us in anyway ,then just click link below and Please give what you can. Every penny you give will go to help save Lives..!!

Big Ricks Channel Fundraiser Page

Please feel free to contact Big Ricks Swim team ..our email is.. bigrickswimteam@gmail.com It would great to hear your thoughts on our channel swim, or perhaps you wish to have a go at open water swimming..i am sure we could help get you started..;-))...