Well, the swim is becoming much more real now - Alastair and I have been allocated dates for crossing Cook Strait next year!! Our slot is 28 March until 3 April so we have fingers, toes and anything else crossed that we will get a swim in during this period. The calmer, flatter and warmer the better!
Training is still going well - at least 30km per week and we are starting to introduce longer swims. This week it was a 10km session, next week I aim to do 12km. Obviously the pool is a very different environment to the open sea but it's great to know that my body is coping with this.
Looking forward to the beginning of spring now as that means it won't be long until the open water swimming season begins. At that point I will have twice weekly competitions in Takapuna and Kohimarama, and Al and I will put in some longer distances by ourselves too.
One interesting side effect of all this swimming - my legs are no longer as hairy! The extra exposure to chlorine has bleached the hairs and started making them fall out! That might not be ideal, it would be good to have an extra layer of warmth in the sea...
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Week 11 - 25 July..
Rather than telling you about my training I thought I would show you some glimpses of what it's like to swim at 5.30am when the air temperature is only 2 degrees! You can tell by the steam rising from the surface that the water temperature is a bit warmer.. Up to 30km in the pool per week at the moment and it's all going well.
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