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Swimming in The
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Dates:-
Swimming Starts
Sunday 17th May - Serpentine + Bring a bike to for a riide or to practice transitions.
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| 2008 Open Water Swimming Starts
at 7:50 by the Lake |
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We have made an arrangement with the Serpentine Swimming Club to use the
club facilities at the Serpentine Lido. This means that our members can
benefit from using these if they are Youths, Juniors or Adults, or if
they are practicing for the Open Water swimming. All members swimming
with Jetstream Tri Club will have to join the Serpentine
Swimming Club for a reduced fee of £10.
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| The Swimming is in safe conditions, the above picture
shows that the water is just shoulder deep all the way to the end of the
jetty, it's very clean and is even chlorinated. If you want to just
practice then you can wear a wet suit, but if you want to enter the race
(one is arranged every week) then it's strictly "skins" only. |
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There are natural 100 - 200 and 400 meter courses laid out with buoys
and we can practice turns, spotting and get used to both the distance in
open water and the water temperature.
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Here are some pictures and a map showing how to get there:
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The race is a competitive (friendly) event -
sometimes handicapped and which varies in distance from 50 to 800m. |
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Directions:
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| Park in the car park - it's £2.00 per hour after
8:30 am |
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