There is now less than a week to go before my Channel tide opens. I'm leaving on Sunday for Dover, the crew (Liam and Catherine) arrive on Monday, and the tide opens on Tuesday the 10th, for a window of 8 days. If the weather is good, I will swim. It has been a long time coming, but the day is nearly here. The work has been done, the preparations have reached fever pitch, the plans ready, the packing imminent. All that's left to do now is to enjoy the tapering - only an hour swim a day rather than 4, 6, 8. Time to rest, get the mind in the groove - swim swim swim. Then swim some more. And then some more.
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| Cork aspirants 2012 |
Yesterday we had one last lap around the island to celebrate the departure of the first batch of Cork-based aspirants. Four of us go on next week's tide. Here's a pic of coach Eilis' swimmers who have trained in Cork. About 20 of us swam around to the back of the island and waited at corner 2 but no-one had a camera for the opportune moment, so that sight will have to be stored in our collective memories.
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| Sandycove crew |
After the lap there was lots of coffee, cakes, scones, cards, channel chat, good lucks and best wishes. A very enjoyable training session, perhaps the best yet..
What the hell is Rob wearing? :-)
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