We did meet on Saturday after all, although only a little snow remained. It was still worthwhile, and I am sure everyone who swam is glad they did. See you again on Monday.
Another 25 swimmers took to the water at U Žida. Congratulations to everyone who joined in, including our newcomers. Here are a few photographs to remember the day. See you on Saturday!
Twenty-five people came to swim on Monday. The river was flowing strongly, and crossing to the far bank was quite an experience. Nobody was swept away, so all was well. Water temperature: 4°C.
That is how it should be: a cold-water swimmer is someone who actually goes swimming. Thank you all for coming. A special welcome to Tereza Ragáli, who was brilliant on her first dip, and congratulations to Silvie Červková on today’s personal best. Keep it up! Share the photos with friends; seeing our group in action may help them decide to join. Have a lovely weekend, and come on Monday at the usual time, 4.15pm, if you can. See you!
I counted twice: including Anička and Jarda, there were thirty of us today! We have grown quite a bit since 6 November, when we started with three 😀. More people are joining the post-swim run too, and what began as a necessity is becoming rather good fun, is it not? Keep it up. A message for the swimmer on the opposite bank with his wife and child when we returned from our run in the woods: would you like to join us next time?
What a day! First, Pavel Neuman came to see us: a cold-water swimmer with 72 years of swimming behind him. He plans to join us in the water another time — a great honour for us. Our young hopefuls Anička and Sofie, aged six, also swam today, alongside around twenty-five adults. It was as busy as Wenceslas Square! Please arrive in time for the photo.
Thank you to every TV crew, past and future, that films with us and helps promote this wonderful sport. If you work in television and would like to make a report about winter swimming, you are very welcome to join us :-)
Once again, more people came than liked the invitation on Facebook. In other groups it is often the reverse: people click Like enthusiastically and get in the water once in a blue moon. There seem to be more and more of us who prefer swimming to Facebook.
Winter swimming rules: definitions, the competition season, water-temperature categories, course requirements, equipment, safety arrangements and rules for competitors. This article reproduces the historical rules published at the time.
At 4pm, it still looked as though everything would get soaked, and anything that did not would blow away — perhaps along with the wet things. But the weather likes us, and twenty, perhaps twenty-two people swam. Great spirits, new faces: keep it up :-)
Twenty-five people swam with a ČT24 television crew watching. Jirka Polášek spoke during the live broadcast again, and plenty of spectators came along. The weather was wonderful: water 1.5°C, air −1°C, yet it felt as lovely as summer.
All morning, messages arrived explaining why people could not swim. Fair enough, the weather was awful. So it was a pleasant surprise that fourteen of us came, including one newcomer. Not everyone made the photo, but everyone got in. See you on Wednesday.
