Orlický deník, 7 December 2009
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Choceň — Water at four and a half degrees and air at eight degrees: the two key figures describing conditions for the 39th “Napříč Chocní” winter swimming competition on the Tichá Orlice at Peliny in Choceň. Read more…
On Saturday 28 November 2009, Bolevecký Pond in Plzeň hosted the eighth round of the Czech Winter Swimming Cup. Alongside the usual points, teams competed for the Mayor of Plzeň’s Challenge Cup.
Conditions were slightly windy, with water at 5.3°C and air at 8°C. The longest course was 1,000 metres. Against strong opposition, particularly from the hosts and Brno, we fielded four swimmers over 100 metres, seven over 250, five over 500, fifteen over 750 and three over 1,000. We defended last year’s title, bringing the challenge cup back to Prague.
(Photo: Tomáš Kocánek, KSO Plzeň) Read more…
The Czech Open-Water Swimming Cup 2009 ended with a final 5 km race in Krnov on 7 November. Registered participation reached a record 635 swimmers: 173 women, 312 men, 71 girls and 79 boys.
According to the official results, our club finished 15th among 65 participating clubs. Read more…
Run, October 2009
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The beneficial effects of cold-water conditioning on immunity should become apparent after two to three months of daily cold showers, or after just a month of winter swimming. Read more…
On 10 October 2009, Slavkov’s outdoor pool hosted the fifth Czech Winter Swimming Breaststroke Championships, with seventeen clubs. One gold and two bronze medals put our club third overall: Read more…
Our next campfire takes place on Friday 18 September 2009 from 18:00. As always, cold-water swimming friends from outside the club are warmly welcome. I. PKO members will each receive a beer, a sausage and bread. We will meet even in bad weather: the clubhouse provides shelter, and the barbecue can go under the canopy by the steps. Read more…
The oldest Czech open-water distance swimmer in the 2009 competition season is our member, cold-water swimmer Oldřich Pospíšil, born in 1938. A broken arm limited him to the end of the summer season, when he completed two three-kilometre races at Pastviny and Mělice.
“I may swim slowly, but I have finished every race so far,” says Olda, who is primarily a winter swimmer. Read more…
The two-day open-water meet at Seč Reservoir, the Miroslav Kroufek Memorial, included the Czech championships over 10 km, 5 km masters and 3 km masters. Although primarily winter swimmers, our club’s competitors won several valuable trophies. Read more…
Despite the recent rainy weather, nature smiled on our regular pre-summer campfire. Read more…
The Czech Swimming Federation’s Open-Water and Winter Swimming Section invites you to take part in its open-water races:
