Masters at the Great North Swim

Five of our Masters swimmers competed in Great North Swim this weekend.

The Great North Swim was held this weekend at Lake Windermere in the Lake District. This is the biggest open water swim in Europe with around 10,000 swimmers.  There are a number of swims over the weekend ranging from the ½ mile to the marathon 10 km swim. Conditions were good if a little warm for neoprene, wetsuits were mandatory.  The water temperature was 21 degrees and the air temperature around 24 degrees.  

Geoff Armstrong and Lindy Woodrow were double dippers with Geoff swimming in the 5km and the 1 mile and Lindy swimming in the 5km and the ½ mile. Sean Harrion went for the biggie swimming the 10 km while Rachel Robinson and Nigel Ellam swam the 1 mile.

There were some great times and results. Lindy managed a 1:43:16 for the 5km coming 2^nd in her category (60-65) and 16:08 for her ½ mile coming first in her category. Geoff completed the 5km in 1:24:55 coming came 8^th in his category (50 – 54) and 26:55 in the one mile coming 9^th.

Sean completed the 10km in an impressive 03:10:44 coming 12^th in his category (40-44). Nigel swam the mile in 28.01 coming 7 ^th in the 55-60 category while Rachel Robinson swam the distance in 30:08 coming came 12^th in the under 20s.

 

 

Nigel’s wife Hilary also swam the 1 mile and Sue Robinson donned her wetsuit for the 1 mile. Well done Sue!