Sunday, June 6, 2010

Hooray for sunshine!!

Had a great week again, with a couple of long swims in different locations, Inchigeela, Inniscarra and Sandycove. The week was spent building up to another 6 hour swim in Sandycove, which we did yesterday. I was a bit nervous all week about only one thing, the cold. This proved to be no problem, with the water temperature 14 degrees at it's warmest, another great boost to the confidence. Today I feel pretty much the same as I did after swimming Rottnest, the mouth feels strange from the salt water still, and the body is pretty tired. Going to spend today lying in the sun trying not to think about all the housework that needs doing, and maybe bring the kids for a fun dip in the river! Have a coule of big weeks coming up, but some new locations which will be nice.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

6 hour swim completed...

Been a while since my last post, but the great news is that I completed my 6 hour swim in waters less than 16 degrees, which was my last administration item to deal with for my swim in August. Only 9 weeks to go now. Water is warming up nicely and the long swim gave me a great confidence boost. Have another one planned for this Saturday which should be fun. Had last weekend off training as a very important 9th birthday party for Caelan was to be had and the bouncy castle was calling. Niamh had her 1st open water race (1400m) on Sunday, which at aged 10 is just amazing. Was so great swimming along side her and I was beaming with pride. Back into long sessions this week and the sun is out again, hopefully to stay for a while!