SwimRVA New Year's Challenge
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2018 - SwimRVA New Year's Challenge

Richmond, Virginia, United States View on map
Dec 31, 2018 (America/New_York local time)
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SwimRVA New Year's Challenge

The SwimRVA New Year's Challenge is about YOU. It is about setting goals for the coming year. No matter if you are a beginning swimmer or just finished crossing the English Channel, this event is YOURS. At SwimRVA we want you to be healthy, happy and energized to be part of our community. We believe swimming can be your vehicle to stay healthy active and fit. The SwimRVA New Year's Challenge is about setting a goal of how far you can swim. The format is repeating 100 yard swims on an interval. The interval is designed so you have time to finish each 100 yard swim, get some rest and then start another. Past participants have had goals of 3 x 100s up to 100 x 100s. The measure of success is not how far you swim, but whether you reached YOUR goal and set a NEW GOAL for next year. We hope the New Year's Challenge is rejuvenating and centers each and every participant on the SUCCESS they will achieve in and out of the pool in 2018. ARE YOU READY? WILL YOU TAKE THE CHALLENGE FOR YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND OUR COMMUNITY? YOU ARE WHAT MAKES RVA GREAT! The event is going to be on Monday, December 31, 2018. The event will run from 2PM-5PM. Registration starts at 12PM. There will be a tiered fee structure. $40 if registered by October 3. At registration you will pick the interval you would like to swim. Instructions will be to pick an interval where you will get between 15-45 seconds rest. So if you can comfortably swim a 100 freestyle in 2:00 you will want to pick an interval around 2:30 depending on how much rest you want on the wall. Interval choices will start at 1:30 and progress as follows: 1:40 1:50 2:00 2:20 2:40 3:00 3:30 4:00. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW YOUR INTERVAL, JUST PICK 4:00 AND WE WILL PLACE YOU ON EVENT DAY.

Dec 31, 2018 SwimRVA New Year's Challenge 2:00 PM
$70.00
Closed

Race-day weather

Conditions on December 31, 2018 — historical Open-Meteo data.

Temp (°C)
Minimum temperature (recorded on race day) 4.3° / Maximum temperature (recorded on race day) 16.1°
Feels Like (°C)
Minimum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) -0.1° / Maximum feels like — heat index / wind chill (recorded on race day) 16.1°
Peak wind (km/h)
Strongest wind of the day (recorded on race day)
22.3
Precip (mm)
Precipitation over the day (recorded on race day)
4.2mm
Humidity
Mean relative humidity (recorded on race day)
96.0%
Sunrise
Sunrise at the start line on December 31, 2018 (EST)
Sunset
Sunset at the start line on December 31, 2018 (EST)
Daylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on race day
9h 37m

The sun rises at 7:24 AM and sets at 5:01 PM local time (EST) in Richmond on December 31, 2018 — 9h 37m of daylight.

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  • Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
  • Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
  • Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
  • Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 78 Richmond events

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