OK, so swims in Russia are coming out of the woodwork, and I hope to do as many of them as I can. I recently remarked on a FB page about one of the swims,”Wow, a swim only 15k from my house?” Another swimmer responded that there are many more in the Moscow area, more so than I may know. And he sent me a link to a calendar.

Well, yes, there are more. What follows is a list of all the swims not too far from Moscow. I’m doing three of them this summer, and hopefully more next summer. (The swims I’ve signed up for are in italics and the distances I’m doing in bold.)

• 21 May, Fat Penguin, 3 x 300
• 27 May, Champions Cup, nautical mile, 3k and 5k
• 27-28 May, Oceanman Sochi, 1.5k, 5k, 10k
• 4 Jun, Titan, 3K
• 17-18 Jun, Seliger Swim, 5k, 10k
• 17-18 Jun, Iver Mile, nautical mile
• 18 Jun, Champions Cup, nautical mile, 5k
• 24 Jun, Amur Swim, 1k and 12k
• 24-25 Jun, Champions Cup, nautical mile, 6k
• 1 Jul, Swim Cap, nautical mile, 3k, 5k
• 1 Jul, tour of 3 bays, 1.9k, 3.8k, 5k
• 1 Jul, Amber Wave, 1.9k
• 2 Jul, Titan, 3k
• 1-2 Jul, Iver Mile, nautical mile, 5k
• 8 Jul, Night Express, 3×300
• 8 Jul, A1 Swim, nautical mile, 3k, 5k, 10k
• 15 Jul, Volga Swim, 1k, 3k, 5k
• 15 Jul, Half Marathon in the river Tom, 2.3k
• 22-23 Jul, Champions Cup, nautical mile, 5k
• 29 Jul, Kronstadt Island, 25k
• 29 Jul, Crossing from Engels to Saratov, 3.5k
• 29 Jul, Swim Batyr, 1k, 2k, 4k
• 29-30 Jul, Baikal Swim, nautical mile, 5k
• 5-6 Aug, Iver Mile, 1.9k, 5k
• 6 Aug, Onego Swim, 1.5k, 2.5k, 5k, 10k
• 12 Aug, Nautical Mile across Gelendzhek Bay, nautical mile
• 12-13 Aug, Arctic Swim, 1.85k, 3.8k
• 19 Aug, Amberman Wave, nautical mile, 3k, 5k
• 19-20 Aug, Iver Mile, nautical mile, 3.8k
• 26 Aug, Amberman Wave, 1.5k
• 27 Aug, Big Water, 5k

I mean, really, holy crap! So many swims! There are so many in that list I want to attend. How do I pick?