Tag: open water swim

Dry Bags are Not Always Dry, and iPhones are Not Waterproof

Underwater Selfie - Dutch Springs 2015

Last Friday I headed over to Dutch Springs Aqua Park quarry on Friday for some open water swimming. I contacted Dutch Springs earlier in the week and they said they were open and water temperature was around 50-55 degrees F. Perfect temperature for some Lake Coeur d’Alene training. The folks at Dutch Springs are also introducing …

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Dutch Springs Open Water Swimming Update

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Hey swimmers… Dutch Springs is making some accomodations for open water swimmers ! I recently received the following email from them which contains the details. If you want to get on the mailing list, give them a shout by going to their contact page   Open Water Swim Training at Dutch Springs – You spoke and we …

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Treading Water

After finding out last Sunday that the pool I usually swim at was closing down for two weeks, I made my rounds to two of the other facilities in the area that have pools. I was able to obtain a free pass at each one, so I figure hit one the first week and the …

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Finger Lakes “Mini Camp” Day 1

The last week has been pretty uneventful fortunately. No more beestings although I have been a bit paranoid riding my bike. The Alburtis 5k was held on Saturday and I was the official race photographer again. The next couple days after it were tied up with getting the race photos uploaded onto my photography site. …

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