Sunday, 25 August 2013

Speedo Eton Dorney 2013

Its only now our double channel swim stuff  has been sorted and put to bed, that we can finally  do some swim events reports that we have been at this summer ,  Ricks are not just about channel swims , far from it...most of our swims are done at events all over England...the 2nd big swim of year was the now famous
Speed swim series at Eton Dorny on the 27th May 
check in Time..
Ricks Swimmers Claire and David took part in the 3 k race at Dorney, 
 all the swimmers looking a tiny bit nervous maybe after being told the  water is a chilly 15..
( big thank to Matthew Alexander for some of the pictures ).
the is the big man, striding towards the start of the 3K...its
David,s 1st race of any type for years, Claire must in the scrum of swimmers as well
(Dave is in the tight wet suit with red on the arms and legs )
2nd in age top effort Claire..
46.27 for 3k 
The Big Man looking in good shape as he leaves the water
Dave put in a top swim for his 1st races in yrs and yrs..
and came in 5th place in 49.07
The 5k Race
there are many races at Eton over the day from
the Big swimmers doing the 10k race to the swimmers having a pop at 750m swim
750m event..
the speedo swim are great events to have go at...why not try in 2014
http://humanrace.co.uk/events/open-water-swimming/eton-swim