Tooting Bec Lido SwimRun

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From Total Motion Events

  • Date Wed 15th July 2020
  • Location Tooting, South London
  • Price Β£24.00 - Β£36.00
  • Races 2 races

Event summary

Total Motion Events had planned to host the Tooting Bec Lido SwimRun on Wednesday, 15th July 2020 in London, Greater London. Unfortunately, the event has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns regarding Coronavirus. Total Motion Events is known for their well-organised and friendly SwimRun events, making them perfect for both novices and experienced swim runners. Tooting Bec Lido provides a great setting for participants to try out this fast-growing endurance sport, where they run and swim between predefined points without stopping. SwimRun offers a unique challenge, requiring participants to switch between running and swimming multiple times during a single race, all while wearing wetsuits and trainers. Stay tuned for future events from Total Motion Events for a chance to experience the excitement of SwimRun.

Organiser's Description

--- This event has been cancelled due to ongoing concerns regarding Coronavirus. The race organiser will be in touch with you in due course if you have made a booking for this event. ---

Total Motion's SwimRun events over the past few years at Tooting Bec Lido have a reputation for being a well organised and friendly introduction to SwimRun for novices and more experienced swim runners alike. Tooting Bec Lido is the perfect venue for people looking for an opportunity to give this sport a try, or really looking to hone their skills ahead of their 'A' races.

SwimRun is a fast growing endurance sport first conceived in Sweden, and made popular in the UK with Breca SwimRuns, in which you run and swim between two predefined points along a set course of runs and swims without stopping in between. Similar to an aquathlon except that participants switch between running and swimming many times during a single race, running in their wetsuits and swimming in their trainers – no transition.

Races

  • Individual Entry

    Β£24.00

    CLOSED
  • Team Entry

    2 People. From:

    Β£36.00

    CLOSED
What's Included

A great challenge for those new to SwimRun

A brilliant warmup ahead of open water SwimRuns in the UK and abroad

Based at a London lido venue, the iconic Tooting Lido, the UK’s largest swimming pool

Professionally Chip Timed – Immediate print out of splits and online results

Location

Tooting Lido, London SW16 1RU

Course Details

Competitors will alternate between swimming and running completing a total of 1km in Tooting Bec Lido and 8.8km around Tooting Common.

Rules

Swimming in your footwear is recommended but you can remove your shoes and transport them in the swim, this could include using a dry bag or float.

Flotation devices are permitted during the swim, this includes pull buoys and tow floats.

Use of hand paddles and flippers is allowed.

You will enter the water feet first. Diving is not permitted.

You must return to the finish with the equipment that you started with, you cannot leave items around the course.

Equipment

Mandatory equipment for team and solo competitors; there will be a mandatory equipment check at registration.

1 pair goggles per participant

1 pair trainers per participant

1 swimming cap

Swimming in your trainers can seem like a challenge but it doesn’t take long to get used to it. Shoes that are light weight, buoyant and that drain well are the best for SwimRun. They’ll need to be a good tight fit to stop them coming off when you swim. Wear quick drying synthetic ankle socks to help prevent blisters.

Wetsuits are optional, but recommended if the water is under 15C and you are not acclimatised to cold water. There are now SwimRun specific wetsuits available but if you are new to SwimRun there is no reason why you can’t give it a go in the wetsuit you already own. A regular full swimming wetsuit will certainly do a perfectly good job for you in the swimming stages, it will just take a bit more getting used to when you find yourself out running on dry land. Some people take a pair of scissors to a standard wetsuit cutting just above the knees and the elbows, allowing better freedom of movement when running.

SwimRun rules state that you can use any flotation aids so long as they are no bigger than 100 cm x 60 cm – imagination is your only other limit! Most people just use a pull buoy which you hold between your legs instead of kicking, gives you extra buoyancy and allows you to save your legs during the swims. You’ll appreciate this when it is time to run!

Many people use hand paddles for SwimRun. These add some extra power to your stroke. There are loads of different paddles on the market, but you’ll need some that have straps to hold it on your hand or they can easily come off and be lost in open water. You’ll also need to think about how you are going to carry them on your runs

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