90km in 6 days
29 December 2022
They say you can swim in a day what you can train in a week or so the theory goes...
Granted 50km was in a nice warm pool and the other 41km in the buoyant warmish (20-22 degrees C) ocean. But I will take the 23hours and 50minutes of swimming as a nice little confidence booster four weeks out from Taupo.
There were no record paces, instead the aim of the game was simply to persevere, slow and steady, get lost in my own little underwater world and complete the mission/goal.
Completing 90km was all that was required, while working 3/5 days, a trip to the A&E with my littlest leaving me with 3 hours sleep that night, attempting family life and doing maintenance around the house the other 2/5 days, just in time to celebrate Christmas.
The best part is I still felt strong, there was plenty more in the tank and I did not injure myself doing it. Even managed to finish with a 20km swim from Browns Bay to Takapuna return with Brian (pictured above), because swimming with someone is always easier than swimming alone. Thanks Brian!
The plan this week is a lot less swimming to recover from last week (I am finding one week on, one week off seems to work for me) and also to get in some family time. All this swimming has been tough on the family, and I am ever grateful for their support.
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