Big Ricks Swim Team... Basher , The Boom , Awesome Thorn , Baby Face , Prince Charlie
This Way to the Seahorse
Full Write Up Of The Seahorse to come...
with out doubt "One of the best openwater swim events in the UK calendar. Brilliantly organised, challenging & fun! it was real pleasure to take part ....
in the mean time...we always have a Blog read along as u listen tune.. and this week was easy pick.....Mr Blue Sky..from ELO....well we did have blue skies on the day , and ricks like ELO are from Birmingham.!! enjoy..
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Short Ricks Video.
Taken when we arrived at knoll beach
as the seahorse swim was being set up
Short Ricks Video.
Taken after we had completed the 3.8k race
we loved it the event
the final swimmer finishing the 7th Seahorse swim.. congratulations to all that took and to all that made the event possible and so enjoyable to swim
A short Video taken before the Prize Giving.
of the speech given the Seahorse trust .
thanking all who had taken part..who by doing so
had helped with the seahorse Trust with their important work
Full Write Up Of The Seahorse to come...
.we took alot of pictures on the day here just a few along with
some of our good friends were also taking part at the seahorse event
Ricks Back at Durley sea Swims even after Getting up at 5am driving from the Midlands to Bournemouth to get in 14 degree rough seas for 8am... we still have time for team picture..!! Basher , Prince Charlie ,The Boom , Baby Face & Awesome Thorn https://www.facebook.com/groups/DurleySeaSwims/
long distance swimmers from all over England meet at Durley Chine lifeguard station every weekend no matter what the weather to train for all types of long distance swims . the group is run by Marcus Wadsworth & Friends to help others train for ultra swimming events . we joined the other swimmers at around 7.40am .. everyone was in good spirits even though today changeable weather forecast meant today's swim was going to be slightly rough.. Wind , Heavy Rain , very choppy sea conditions , maybe jellies .!
we got to Durley at 7.45am we were in then water shortly after 8
Durley Deceleration forms given in. our names taken.. time to swim
today's weather Facts &figures provided by the Durley Chine lifeguard station
Ricks Blog Video before we got in at 8am.
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8am on the dot today's Durley swimmers take to the water...all types of distances & times are planned from 8hrs swims to short dips...
Ricks plans are to swim three ( maybe four ) One hrs swims at 100% , with an hour rest in between, because we have already done at least three 2hrs channel test swims in under 16 degrees each water over the past few weeks thought for today we would do swim a different way
so today we had a different approach , trying to replicate our double channel relay swim in few weeks time. so swim hard for hour...rest..hard for another hour and so on... until fours hours of swimming was completed
Ross , Charlie & Claire ready to go... one of the safety Rules at Durley is to swim with a Tow Float.. helps everyone stay visible to other swimmers , to help the Durley crew on the beach and to help the lifeguard stations along the beach keep an eye on all that are swimming .
Basher all Smiles if a TOUCH little cold after the first hrs swim
Young charlie posing again..;-) bin bag & drink open water pose
Camp Rick.. The Sun Maybe out , but with strong wind blowing across the beach made getting warm each hour a touch difficult
Time fly's when you want to rest.. before you know it , its time to get changed and get back swimming.. for hour two..
Ross all smiles smashed the 2nd hour .. Baby Face has been getting fitter and faster with every swim this year...its great to see..
Ricks Blog Video after the 2nd hr of swimming . as you can see , sea conditions have changed since 8am.. waves are bigger , wind is blowing stronger .. and the dark clouds are gathering above.. we may get wet on the third hour .........
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Charlie...showing no signs of cold or getting tired.. the man smashed all 3 hrs today with no problems at all.. great swimming young man
The big Man... resting up before hour 3...
if you want to swim with the Durley sea swim team.. its easy to find on Bournemouth beach.. its based at Durley Chine , at the lifeguard station every weekend from may to late September.. just remember, Durley is a long distance swimming team .. for more details check out their Facebook team page https://www.facebook.com/groups/DurleySeaSwims/
Durley Sea Swims Camp..
2hrs Done.... lets get the 3rd started
The Big Man looking pleased so far with today's swims .. Stu loves open water swimming , especially when the conditions are like today..Challenging ..;-)
Kat... chatting up the RNLI lifeguard
Kat was helping out today .. she is always in great spirits always there to help and encourage everyone
team decision time .. deciding if a 4th hour swim is possible .. with the seahorses swim race to do the following day . it was decided the 4th hr was not really needed as the 3 hr swims had gone so well... so we packed up and headed to the hotel for some much needed fun.
Awesome Thorn . Claire looks a touch cold after second swim .. she maybe cold but Claire`s swim speed in difficult conditions today was simply amazing . the lady is unstoppable.. without doubt she one best OW swimmers in the country. and shes in our team..;-))
Ricks Blog Video after the 3rd hr of swimming . as you can hear , its got a lot rougher throughout the day waves are bigger , wind is blowing stronger .. we had a massive rain storm mid way through the hour , we was amazing to swim in..so heavy at times you feel the rain bouncing of your back.. we may get wet on the forth hour .........
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love Sarah Oldrey picture from Saturday.....
if your weren’t swimming , the next best place to shelter from the rain storm was under the life guard station
Big Stu..having 40 winks After 12k of swimming your Dryrobe becomes your new best friend .!!
A Massive thank you to all at Durley Sea Swims .
you always make us feel so welcome..
its always an absolute pleasure to swim with you all..
good luck to everyone at durley with you swim planned for
2016 & beyond ..
Time to relax and look back on a great days training and to look forward to tomorrows Seahorse open water Swim Mmm now what should be have for starters..???
Big stu ..on the main course at Aruba.. after all that swimming ..we deserved a big dinner .. just don`t mention the Chicken starter to charlie ..
dinner its over.. time to take in the view from the Pier.. Bournemouth is to us , simple one of the best places you could ever wish to swim.
It was our pleasure to meet and support a fellow channel team at Durley on Saturday ..good luck in the channel ladies
we had to add this... the hardest part of the day was not swimming for hours & hours in cold choppy seas ..oh no the hardest part of the day. it was trying to take a simple team photo..
