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SidSnot
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Anyone else heading to Glasgow for the Redbull Neptune Steps this weekend?
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TriSam
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| One of my friends got down to it, said it was bloody freezing!
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SidSnot
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| TriSam wrote: | | One of my friends got down to it, said it was bloody freezing! |
It was a bit chilly, 7 degrees...
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mrchopsaloty
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Cold open water in Scotland in March? That's a shocker 
I'm sure it's a hard event but "UK’s toughest open-water swimming event" is pretty much marketing BS 
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SidSnot
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| mrchopsaloty wrote: | Cold open water in Scotland in March? That's a shocker
I'm sure it's a hard event but "UK’s toughest open-water swimming event" is pretty much marketing BS |
Give it a go next year and see what you think 
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BigFoz
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My all year OW swim buddy did it, he's 61, had no issues other then getting his face kicked in at the start. 7C is no problem, we swim down to 4 in January, did Chillswim in Dec in the 7s without wetsuits. Just acclimatisation, if you are intending to do this next year, do acclimatise - there were people jumping out of the water at the start and going home.
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