So much for the consistency; April really turned out to be a foolish month – no consistency of training, no real quality, nothing useful to report apart from a PB Robben Island time of 2 hours 14 mins in very cold water (started at 14 degrees & finished in 10 degrees). Milage is down on this time last year – refer to the charts above. I will simply have to knuckle down & slog through the hard yards over the next 4 months if I expect to put this thing to bed.
Launching, Chris enjoying the ride out, and Ryan glad to get going.
Pic 4:Swimming with Erica, who swam the Channel last year just after I left Pic 5:Chris & Ryan on Blaauwberg beach Pic 6:Sunshine on my back after 10 degree water!
Pic 7 Chris really felt the cold! Pic 8:Under way with the ever-present Tucker at the helm Pic 9: Erica warm & happy again
Oh – words of encouragement: Roland Schoeman wished me well for the swim, with the parting commment "Rather you than me!" My response was the quote on the wall of the White Horse pub in Dover "When the going gets tough, the sprinters get out." I used to be a sprinter 20 years ago and I got out last year, so those words are still haunting me.