Categories: uncategorized
Date: 26 November 2004 12:48:56
well i do keep thinking of terribly interesting witty things to write here but then fail to do so.
i've started swimming again now and was pleased to find it was ok and i could knock out 500m of crawl at a reasonably comfortable pace. apparently i have been missed at the club's coached winter sessions, as the coach was asking after his 'star pupil'. i wasn't aware i'd made that much of an impression but then i couldn't swim 25m when i went along toward the end of 2002.
managed 250m in what looked like 3:55 although that is based on squinting at the clocks at th far end of the pool as i've misplaced my watch, and the best i could muster for a single 25m length was 19seconds which is actually faster than i thought!
also if i'm to manage olympic & half-ironman distance this year i have to not only get comfortable with swimming 2km but also doing it in murky open water. i'll look to replace my wetsuit in the new year as it's not terribly comfortable but then it was cheap and has served it's purpose, hopefully a more flexible, more expensive suit will make me feel more comfortable.
i've almost got my races for next year fully planned and need to start entering some of the more popular ones soon. i'm also fighting off requests by a friend to do marathon de sables in 2006, which obviously i'd lvoe to do but may result in divorce (i even offered to pay for lisa's entry too which at £3k a time i thought was very selfless! but to no avail).
will keep doing ... stuff... next week and hopefully get a more structured training schedule underway soon. the second in a series of 5mile races is the weekend after next.