Swimming 10km for 10k

It started with the State Ocean series Paihia 3.3km ocean swim, while the post swim adrenalin was still going we got enthused to sign up for the 10km swim. The morning after, the adrenalin had worn off and we were struck with the reality that in 2 months time we needed to swim 10km in the open water. Neither of us had swum any further than 5km in the past during training, and this was in a swimming pool with the luxury of a wall at each end and the knowledge that at any point we could stop and touch the bottom. In true, all or nothing, style we decided that this weekend we needed to go to the pool and swim 10km. This seemingly silly idea was not based on ensuring we were physically prepared for the challenge but more to get an understanding of what it is like to swim for 3+ hours and ensure we were mentally prepared for the challenge. With Ben in Wellington for the weekend, we both headed off to the Freyberg indoor swimming pool for our 10km undertaking. The pool is 33m long, so thats 304 lengths we needed to clock up the 10km, thankfully I have a Garmin GPS watch that is able to count lengths for us so all we had to do was swim! Three and a half hours later we exited the pool tired, shattered, yet excited in the knowledge that we have what it takes to complete this challenge. The picture below shows the summary from my Garmin watch in case you didnft quite believe we were crazy enough to give it a crack. Also on the event calendar this summer is the Taupo and Tauranga Half Ironmans, so rest assured when wefre not swimming wefll be out cycling and running instead!