Against the tide....
Sep23201011:45 p.m.
Very appropriate at the moment I feel - struggling through on the odd jog each week, tonights was a slippery jog by the canal - very almost took a dive and thought I might need to swim back.
Major achievement for me this week was my swimming, literally against the tide, in sunny Torbay. It was the Agatha Christie weekend, grand finale being a one mile sea swim. Sea swimming (any distance) is new to me and not easy to practice for when you live a couple of hours from either coastline. Still I like a challenge!! So it was a weekend in Torbay for me,
Sunday was cloudy, and quite windy. Sea was by no means rough, but should I say gently undulating (there was more tide than expected for time of year - typical!!) I set off in the first wave and encountered major problems...... I discovered that my bottom half was more buoyant than ever (breastroke, wetsuits and seawater not a good blend). My only option was to swim breaststroke arms with a kind of jogging leg motion (mainly to keep the legs under the surface). Of course it took me forever - amazing how far you can swim and not go anywhere. Still got the medal, ticked another one off - changed my mind about the channel and hope to be back dry land jogging soon. Though I have seen a water jogging class at the pool so who knows.Post views 2353
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Dungey 'Know the feeling, does seem like one step forward and two back. Well done on your swim, braver than I. Cant handle open swimming yet - with any stroke!' added 24th Sep 2010
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SuperCaz 'Get rid of the wetsuit. It makes sea swimming so much more difficult. When you can feel the waves you tend to float over the top of them, but a wetsuit forces your head under the water and makes you feel as if you are drowning.' added 25th Sep 2010
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kraftykat 'You're a braver woman than me Chris! I could never even contemplate doing something like that, so well done! And well done with the running too - keep up the good work.' added 26th Sep 2010
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eclipse 'You have zero to no chance to get me in the sea at this time of the year so as far as I am concerned you are already a winner, well done mate. Tel' added 26th Sep 2010
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Account_closed 'Torbay, very nice (jn the daytime). Home of Chavs, drunks and aggressive drivers at night. The Half Marathon is quite tough as well.' added 27th Sep 2010
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