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Holborough Lake (Kent)
Couple of us heading over to Holborough lake on Sunday if anyone fancys coming along. Nice clean lake near Snodland in Kent . You have to take a swim assessment (£15) to get your membership , therafter its a fiver a go .. open 7 days and open til late on Wednesdays .. google "nemes dive academy" for more info.
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To cold for me at the moment, but I'm guessing I'll have to brave it soon
it was 11 degrees 2 weekends ago .. hoping it might have crept up to 12 at least by now, but as Outlaw is just sixtysomething days away I dont think that i can avoid it much longer.
When you planning on going next?
I've heard Holborough is really nice, but its colder than Leybourne and I'm such a wimp.
Let us know when you are going again though.
way too early to be in open water... brrrrrr
nutters
FF .. I might try and get there on weds eve as they are open late , straight from work , so if you are in town and can get to IOD i could give you a lift .. otherwise will be weekend after next i think .
Purple ..i see that Ocean Lake Tri are running some mid week duathlons ( swim n run ) at Leybourne starting on the 9th May . Might be worth a look ? think they are relatively short swims but should be good practice, and its a nice run around the lake . I think i'll try to make a couple of them if i can . Whats your race in 6 weeks ? .. I know a very good coach that works at leybourne and holborough if you want to brush bup on your OW technique before race day .. gonna be booking up a couple more lessons with her myself between now and outlaw if i can ...the two sessions i had last year transformed my swim completely.
Hi GB ... the following week is a "splash and dash" duathlon at the Leybourne lake .. so will probably do that instead, its a choice of 750 or 1500 swims , and a 5k run .. (but just add laps to make it a 10 k. etc ) . Its being attended by the former "IM Lanza winner Ain-Alar Juhanson" who according to google (had to look him up as the name wasnt one i'd heard of) is the heaviest man ever to win an IM event, so i thought i'd pop along and get him worried about keeping that record
Nearest tube station will be Hornchurch or Upminster .. End of the District line.
Can you PM the name of that coach, would be useful to get some tips.
Purple .... wow !!! .. thats hardcore .. all the best with that . Will PM you those details
GB .. its a 40-50 min drive , so not so bad ... but if this bloody rain doesnt stop soon we'd probably be able to swim all the way there anyway.
How long does the assessment take? I might try and get down on Friday
I live around 10 miles away
So you might see me splashing around in the lake soon
11 degrees and very clear ......... very tempted to go tomorrow or monday to swim a mile >
Very nice lake and very friendly people
Glad you liked it MOK , pretty good set up isnt it . The free post swim teas are a nice touch.
Dare say i'll see you over there at some point .
They reckon its been as high as 20 degrees in summer !!
I went back for a swim today
1600meters in 34:10 ........
I was very happy with that as I did a bir breaststroke chatting to a friend
Good going !! .. i'd be well happy to get that time, doing FC , and without chatting
... i think im probably still closer to 40mins.. need to up my game
< slopes off and realises that he's still shit at swimming >
That was meant to say "I was happy as I did a little bit of Breaststroke chatting to a friend" the rest was done FC
I really sruggle to keep going in a straight line tho
also what is the best way to dry my wetsuit?
ah ok... thats not quite so humiliating for me then
I think there are dark forces in that lake that pull you towards the middle .. no matter how many times i sight i still seem to end up left of the buoy and having to dog leg to get around them. I may have to swim the other way around next time to test this theory.
Havent found a good way to dry the wetsuit yet .. i think probably because someone turned the sun off in the UK.
If i get away from work in time tomorrow i might go and do the splash and dash at leybourne 1500m and 5k .. Plan b is for a holborouigh swim if i am gonna miss the 7 oclock start at leybourne
Anyone swimming Wednesday?
Hi FF, hoping to get there again on Weds eve.. will give you a call and confirm if i am and can pick you up on the way if you want.
Sounds like a plan mate, await your call.
16 degrees in the lake @ 10am today