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Excellent thread dredge. Yes mister coppiThat, I did seem to miss something. Or someone. Well spotted.
Signed up for this year's Swimathon yesterday. Be my third consecutive one. In need of much training after a fat and boozy December. It'll be my last one at Ironmonger for a while as it's closing in May for two years.
It's been fun there this week so far, Monday the pool was only three quarters full and freezing fricking cold, yesterday it was about normal and today it was like a hot tub. Still, at least the crappy weather, broken pool and freezing changing rooms seem to have put off the usual rush of temporary new-year resolutioners. It's been wonderfully quiet.
Just double checked my times from last year too. I came 200th* or so out of about 3000 overall in the individual 5k. 82 minutes. Not too bad but I was woefully underprepared last year so I'm really hoping to get under 75 minutes this year. Just been watching a Swim for Tri training DVD too. Some useful tips. I think my stroke has got lazy recently as I've been concetrating too much on power over technique. Must work some drills into the endless laps this time.
*Not that I pay too much attention to the results. Half of them seem made-up anyway. Lots of world-record beating times and suspiciously round numbers in the top end of the table.
Anyone else up for doing it with? LFGSS 5k challenge? It's for a good cause (Marie Curie).