So - 13 days to go till the 13th. Too many 13s for my liking. Si and I had our first actual training swim in the Solent today, accompanied by Si's brother in law, Ed, in his RIB. Discovered some good and some bad things.
The bad - it's busy out there, luckily it's pretty easy to spot a couple of swimmers all in black, in a big sea, from a super tanker; current's quite strong and you don't make much progress when you have to swim against it; with an easterly wind, the sea was pretty big and that makes it slightly tougher than the local pool; wetsuit chafing - may have to use some vaseline next time, pretty sure I've got some.
The good - warmer than expected. Amazing what a difference 2 degrees makes; we both left the water feeling we could rise to the challenge on the day, and we both look great in rubber, as you can see; no sharks, this time, but quite a lot of seaweed.
Tomorrow the plan is to swim round the Old Fort which I guess is about 2k, which should be a good run. I gather Si's cousin did it when she was 8, which is somewhat emasculating. Let's hope we make it.
Just in case you were thinking Dom's final paragraph meant we had a few pints in th pub, it was a ref to St Helen's Fort rather th the Old Fort...
ReplyDeletereally not enjoying the photos of you in rubber. If you're trying to get people to give you money I suggest removing them. It's really putting Monty off his godfather...
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