If we can make this a success we are going to try a monthly winter league. So email me your name before you start.

And you don’t have to be in Ireland. Sandycove is worldwide. Join in..

Just a reminder of the rules:

• Swim as far as you can in a hour…EXACTLY.

• 1 hour (if you are halfway through a length when the time is up, count to last complete length)
• Only 3 attempts in  the month (even if you are doing this every day)
• If changing strokes you can only change to a slower stroke: front crawl to anything else, ‘fly to breaststroke or backstroke, backstroke to breastbreast, breaststroke to drowning.
• THE CLOCK DOES NOT STOP (drinking, toilet breaks etc)
• One swimmer only. NO DRAFTING.