Week - Milestone Swim - Hotel by Loch

Howryagoin,

Its 7 Saturdays till we cross the Loch and 15 Sundays untill we swim from Europe to Asia!

Nessie swimmers you are on 2kms in the pool this week and 800 meters in the sea.

Hellesponters you are on 4kms in the pool and if you do 800m in the sea you are motoring along.

Congrats to everyone who completed their milestone swim on Saturday.

The Leinster Sea Swims start in 3 Saturdays (6th of June). There's usually a swim every Sat & Sunday, they are deadly craic and can be a really useful part of your training. You can do them to race or simply to swim. They are handicapped so anybody can win on any given day.

You can find the full calendar here (Myself, Kedders, Butler and Paudie made the cover photo for this years calendar as you'll see).

Which reminds me, pick up the Irish Times on Saturday, our PR guru Donal was interviewed by them for an outdoor sports feature which should appear in their Magazine supplement.

There have been a gaggle of swimmers meeting up for midweek swims, we had a great swim in Seapoint on Monday. Keep an eye on the group mails detailing locations and times. With 6 weeks till Nessie its important to get acclimatised to the non-pool swimming. The current sea temperature is akin to what you will experience in the Loch.

We will be staying in the Loch Ness Lodge Hotel. So make your bookings when you can. If you want to get a roomie send an ol group mail.

Enjoy the 40 foot on Sat, its an 800m sea swim which is a little more than Sandycove and back, as long as its not too wavy that's a grand swim. I'm away myself but there'll be a couple of heads there who've swam it many times.

COME ON LEINSTER!!!!!

Happy Paddling,

Al