At last the time had come to do one of my challenges that I had set myself last year. I signed up to do the 2.5km swimathon challenge :D. I was nervous even though it was not a race it was to me a where I was in my training. I had set myself the target of 1hr to the swim.
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| Before the Event |
I arrived at the pool, Erin goes here for her swimming lessons. To be told that there was only going to be 5 more people taking part. 1x1.5km, 3x2.5km and 2x5km. They had 3 lanes 2 people a lane. I was in the lane with the other person doing the 1.5km swim. We decided it would be best if we split the lanes I would stay to the left of the lane and her to the right. This actually worked out better than I thought and glad I did do it.
The hour before I sipped on my nuun and took a banana then with 10mins before the swim took a gel. Lets see if that was enough to keep me going. Did my usual stretching at the side of the pool and yes so did some of the other's.
Swim hat on with my tempo pro underneath. Then it was time to start my 100 laps. 99, 98, 97, 96....... felt like it was never ending. Even lost count and I could feel myself slowing down and loose my way. I did check my watch a couple of times to see where I was in the way of laps not timing. Eventually I heard from the person counting my laps that I had 10 to go. So I continued at the same pace (did not want to increase all about the pacing) to be told I only had 2 laps to go. At last I had finished to see Erin come out to congratulate me. My arms were tired but I did not feel as bad as I first thought I would.
My official time was.......00:52:53
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| After the Event |
Yas I beat the time I set myself. As you can see from the pic after the event, I look shattered but my dad thought it would be funny to take this litterly as I got out the pool. I should not of climbed out the pool, should of used the stairs provided as cramp set in. Ouch.
But there we go challenge one down 3 more to go till the main event.
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