Derwent
Island Swim Sportive
As
the Keswick Triathlon is on June 15th in 2014 and the Great North Swim
is on the same weekend TriHard will not be organising a separate swimming
event to coincide with the Keswick Triathlon next year.
There
may still be a swim at the Keswick Mountain Festival but this will not
involve TriHard Events. The Epic Events Derwent Swim is on June 22nd
with thanks to
What is a swim sportive? It’s
based on the principle of the increasingly popular cycle sportives that
are attracting massive numbers of followers. It’s a noncompetitive but
timed swim open to anyone that wants to have a go. The course will be
over 1500m and will circumnavigate the beautiful Derwent Island close
to the north shore of Derwent Water within easy walking distance of
Keswick the adventure capitol of England. You will be issued with a
timing chip which you will wear around your ankle, there will be a start
window of about 15minute, depending on numbers, during which time you
decide when to cross the start timing mat and start your swim. It’s
not a mass start, so there should be no ‘swimming in a washing’ machine
effect that you usually get at the start of races. When you exit the
water you cross another timing mat which stops the clock to record your
individual time. There will be full safety boat cover around the course.
Derwent water is a shallow lake and therefore relatively
warm. The key word in the last sentence is ‘relatively’. For safety
reasons if the water is below 14C, and it will be, you must wear a wetsuit.
It’s your choice as to what sort of wetsuit, if you want to wear a ‘shorti’
type suit you may, rather you than me though. If you need to hire a
wetsuit A1 MultiSports, one of our race sponsors, will be at the event,
however you will need to pre-order via the A1 link on the right hand
side of this page. If you are looking to buy a wetsuit A1 MultiSport
also carry a good range for sale at competative prices.
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