Well as I guessed would happen, my year of racing is well and truly in bits.....for once not due to injury but instead because of...guess what...work....yep I was asked to step up and support one of the global directors and now my diary is in freefall...between now and mid June I have three trips to Chicago, one to Madrid (for over a week) and one to Mexico City (for two days)...unfortunately these clash with at least two of the races I was planning and another clashes with my eldest daughter's play....
So....where does that leave me...well...I think I need a new challenge in my diary, I am seriously considering the Bridge to Bridge swim (http://www.henleyswim.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Bridge-to-Bridge-Information-Pack-2013.pdf), their description of it is:
BRIDGE TO BRIDGE is a 14 km endurance downstream River Thames swimming event, from Henley Bridge to Marlow Bridge. This event is more relaxed than a race, and is aimed only at serious open water swimmers who would like to include a long distance challenge in their summer open water swimming season
14km...hmmm....can I do it? Well the longest I have swum 'open water' is between 4-5km when training for IMCH...and the furthest I have ever swum is 10km but I was in my teens and it was in a pool...so 14.1km.....could be interesting - I reckon I could keep up with the silver pod or at a stretch the gold pod....hmmm....
Two weeks after this is the Monster Middle....a 70.3ish race near Ely...it appeals as it is close...my biggest concern though is training....I just seem to be in a complete training vacuum...whenever I think things are getting better I seem to take two steps back....either through injury/work or illness...
Regardless I am still keen to race this year and I would like to do at least one 70.3, a long swim and maybe a couple of Oly distance races....let see what happens....
On the plus side the new Huub Archimedes is simply stunning...a 1.8km swim in it was executed with little effort in 28mins...it is supple, buoyant well fitting (in size SS) and the bicep/calf release panels really do seem to work...it is light years ahead of my old Orca Alpha...and I really mean that...
Once I have had a bit more experience I will write a more complete review
Later
I.
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