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Sarah coughlan
Ireland
Tipperary
Ireland
Ireland
Country Association
Ireland
IISA ID: 363
Ice Miles: 1
ICE 7s: 1
About Sarah coughlan
I started winter swimming in 2019 with the Narwhals club in Limerick. We trained 2 to 3 days per week in either the river Shannon, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick or in Lough Derg, Twomilegate, Killaloe, Co. Clare. I competed at the IISA National Ice Swimming Championships, 1,000 metres freestyle, in Wild Water Armagh on 25th January, 2020. In at time of 18 minutes 53 seconds, placed 6th lady out of 17. I raised EUR3,500 for homelessness in Limerick as a fundraiser.
On 1st Feb, 2020, I competed at the 8th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile at Clontarf Baths. I swam 1,600m in 31.07 minutes in water temperatures of 6.4 to 7 degrees, my first time completing a mile in cold water. Five females and 18 males completed the mile.
I swam my first Ice Mile on 12th Feb, 2020 in Lough Derg, Twomilegate, Killaloe, CO. Clare in 38.44mins. Water temp was 4.8 degrees, air temp was 2.7 and windchill was -1.1. Delighted to have accomplished this after all the hard training put in during the winter.

Ice Miles

  Swim Date Swim
Location
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Swim
Dist.
Swim
Time
Body of
Water
Altitude (m)
GPS Latitude
   
1 12 Feb 2020 Twomilegate, Killaloe, Co. ... 4.80°C -1.10°C 1.0000mi 0:38:44 Lake   view

Qualifying Swims

IISA Qualifying Swims & IISA Event Swims > 5.0°C
  Swim
Date
Swim
Location
Event Name Swim
Distance
Stroke Status Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Swim
Time
Altitude
(m)
Observer    
1 14 Dec 2019 Twomilegate,... 1100m Crawl Accepted 5.50°C 0.00°C 20:44.00 - Brian Dillon PDF Icon view
2 19 Dec 2019 Shannon River,... 1100m Crawl Accepted 5.20°C 0.00°C 19:51.00 - john ryan PDF Icon view
3 23 Dec 2019 Twomilegate,... 700m Crawl Accepted 4.90°C 0.00°C 14:30.00 - Mark Dempsey PDF Icon view
4 27 Dec 2019 Twomilegate,... 1100m Crawl Accepted 4.90°C 0.00°C 20:30.00 - Pearse Ryan PDF Icon view
5 05 Jan 2020 Twomilegate,... 1200m Crawl Accepted 5.90°C 0.00°C 22:30.00 - Mark Dempsey PDF Icon view
6 07 Jan 2020 Shannon River,... 1100m Crawl Accepted 6.30°C 0.00°C 20:00.00 - john ryan PDF Icon view
7 09 Jan 2020 Shannon River,... 1050m Crawl Accepted 6.00°C 3.90°C 20:25.00 - Mark Dempsey PDF Icon view
8 11 Jan 2020 Lough Derg,... 1400m Crawl Accepted 6.10°C 6.20°C 26:00.00 - Mark Hannigan PDF Icon view
9 09 Dec 2021 Castleconnell, Co.... 1000m Crawl Accepted 6.00°C 0.00°C 21:30.00 - john ryan PDF Icon view
10 08 Jan 2022 Twomilegate,... 1250m Crawl Accepted 6.00°C 0.00°C 27:00.00 - Mark Dempsey PDF Icon view
11 25 Jan 2020 Wild Water Armagh National Ice Swimming... 1000m Crawl Accepted 5.70°C 5.00°C 18:53.72 - Ian Conroy PDF Icon view     

Other Swims

Solo
  Swim
Date
Location
(Description)
Time
Taken
Swim
Distance
Avg Dist.
Per Day
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Observer /
Witness
Awards  
1 1 Dec 2019 Clontarf Baths, Dublin,...
(Group swim with Limerick...)
23:00 1,120 m - 6.9°C [hi]
5.9°C [lo]
0°C John Ryan   view
2 11 Dec 2019 Shannon River,...
(Group training swim)
10:00 500 m - 6°C [hi]
5.9°C [lo]
0°C John Ryan   view
3 14 Dec 2019 Twomilegate, Killaloe, Co....
(Group training swim)
20:00 1,100 m - 5.6°C [hi]
5.5°C [lo]
0°C Brian Dillon   view
4 31 Dec 2020 Twomilegate
(Lough Derg, Killaloe, Co....)
21:00 1,000 m - 4°C [hi]
3.9°C [lo]
0°C Aoife Mc Guinness   view
5 9 Dec 2021 Castleconnell, Limerick
(Imerick Narwahls Training)
21:00 1,000 m - 6°C [hi]
5.9°C [lo]
0°C John Ryan view
6 12 Dec 2021 Twomilegate, Killaloe, Clare
(Limerick Narwhals Training)
20:45 1,000 m - 6.7°C [hi]
6.4°C [lo]
0°C John Ryan view

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