I think Ullswater might be a bit colder 
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It will be, but hopefully wetsuit to the rescue 
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Losing a couple of pool swims this weekend due to Easter closures & got my first swimrun in early May….just planting the idea & mentally prepping atm.
How’s your new wetsuit @gingerbongo ?
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err … it’s arrived, but I haven’t got round to trying it on yet!
Initial reactions are that it certainly feels a little different to your normal wetsuit. Hard to describe, but maybe a bit smoother. It’s noticeably heavier than my last one; but then I’ve moved from a tri/swimming one to a surf one and I’ve gone up to 4/3, so that’s to be expected. It’s nice and fuzzy on the inside; so will be perfect for sitting around in the water.
Need to brave it and get in the sea and see how my back responds. It’s not a fan of the cold, so I’m a little concerned as progress has been much, much slower than I’d hoped.
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April is a bit keen for me, which icy seas will you be numbing your extremities with?
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I had to google that was a real place 
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Nippy. Cant recall if lakes warm sooner than the seas? Only 9°C in coastal waters now.
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Does the lake shrink in cold weather?
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I was going to post on here 2 weeks ago when the local lakes got back to double digits.
Just checked, not any warmer than 2 weeks ago, actually a bit colder today 9.2C to 10.2C
It was 10.5C.
Its a hard ‘NO’ from me until it gets to 17C
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that’s almost non wetsuit temps FFS
World Aquatics 18+ is non wetsuit, and they swim 10k (same temp for kids as well!)
Liverpool eliminator or a different one?
I wanted to do that but was working and now it’s fully booked even if I could get a swap. Might enter the September one but if I do an Ironman 3 weeks earlier I doubt I’d be able to
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My friend insists in 2007-2012 they were doing 5 and 10ks non-wetsuit in 12-16C. I reckon he won Scottish champs most years as the only one capable of managing 2 hours in the cold.
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Yer in Scotland they just go with it, kid in El Nino’s squad was Scottish 5 and 10k champ in 16AG last year and said it was 14 at best
I know, I hate the cold though, and hate cold water more.
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Well if you are swimming that far it makes sense, plenty of time to over heat 
PS, I think my longest OWS is 2500m ish
15 longest swims, all pool.
Top 10 OWS
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When I went in with the kids last June it was 16, and we mandated wetsuits as we were coaching so floating about, and it was a bit chilly to get in but not too bad. Only trouble Ive ever had was one year , might have been when @Jorgan and I went to St Polten so needed early OW swimming, but went in April after a tough winter, and it was 11 something; OK once you got going in wetsuit but ice cream head was bad and my feet took all day to warm up
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St Polten was generally the 3rd weekend in May, so yes an early start to the OW training if you were preparing properly!
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Liverpool eliminator.
Unfortunately I think I’m in France for the September one……I say unfortunately but I’ll be quite happy to be in the Vaucluse 
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