Have had some exciting news this week - there is a chance the swim might come forward and actually happen this weekend (2-4 March)!! There is supposed to be a swimmer in this tide spot but they might possibly get their crossing out of the way early in the week and leave the Friday/Saturday free for Al and I. I am really beginning to look forward to the swim and feeling confident about my ability to complete it, partly because I had such a great race in the Rangitoto swim at the weekend, coming 5th out of about 360 swimmers. So now we are just waiting to hear from Philip. I have my bag packed ready to head to Wellington - jelly beans, Powerade, V and, of course, my Happy Valley honey sandwiches will be the final addition. One complication - I am in Brisbane for the next couple of days so may have to fly direct to Wellington from there, arriving in at midnight and grabbing whatever sleep I can before potentially swimming early the next morning. Saturday would be my ideal day, but we go with the weather and tides to work out the optimum time - to be honest I don't know how much sleep I would get the night before the swim anyway!
So, if you haven't already entered the Big Swim competition, get your time guess in now or it might just be too late..
www.bigswim.co.nz
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