Funny thing this morning… we got back from Ironman Canada a few days ago and missed last week’s swim… and for some reason I was thinking not many people would show up. I had a bit of the post race let down this week… dove right into house renovations and happily thought about something other than training for Ironman for the first time in about a year.
A few people asked if there was swimming today and it was kinda chilly last week, so I think they thought it might be over… but I checked the temp and it looked okay, so I said it was still a go.
I got down there this morning and there was only 3 people, so I thought maybe everyone was running out of steam for the season. But then a few more showed up. And a few more. And by 8 bells is there was 39 people! You guys amaze me… I’m always happily surprized by what an appetite there is for open water swimming in the area! Probably doesn’t hurt that we have a great bunch to swim with and a really good place to swim either!
On top of all that, I walked down to the water to check the temp and waded in. I was thinking it must have cooled off and be winding down… but just like everyone’s interest… the Lake wasn’t ready for us to be done yet either! Instead of getting cooler, it got warmer… a lot warmer… 70F / 21C!
So off we went, the water was flatter than flat. You couldn’t find a lane at the Y with fewer ripples than what we had today! Great for working on your stroke and just stretching it out. We did 30 minutes out, and 30 minutes back. Then about half of us went up for a nice cuppa coffee on a beautiful, warm, sunny morning. That’s how you do it.
See you at the Pier to Pier Swim on Monday (see post below or the TCOB website for more info) or next weekend… hopefully!
PS. Good to see a few of the recent Ironmen out for a nice loosen up swim… me, Alex, Cousin Al, David, Curtis and Elaine!… but I’ll post more on IMC a bit later!
PPS. Good luck to Alexei, who came for a quick dip… and then zipped to the airport to fly to Bejing… to do the Olympic Distance World Championships!!! Making us LOSTies proud!… go get’em Alexei!!! (make sure you get a pic with your LOST shirt or cap for us!)
Cheers,
Rob