8 hr swim today. A herd of sunbathers, a flock of rays, and a pod of dolphins.
Not in that order.
And an inanimate object rescue.
I overturned the sign at Lap 5 and retrieved it to give to the lifeguard on lap 6...
This morning as i was putting on the A&D ointment I saw a pod of 4 dolphins going south about 100 yards out. The whole set went like this:
6:48-7:38 (50)
7:40-8:30 (50)
8:32-9:23 (51)
9:25-10:18 (53)
10:20-11:15 (55) saw sign and dove to turn it over. I saw the rays near Main Beach...at least a dozen grey rays with one beige ray that didn't seem to get along with the others (Crikey!)
11:17-12:13 (56) swam back to the sign and gave it to the guard (cute guy but likely my son's age)
12:15-1:11 (56) chatted with cute (older) paddleboard guy who had paddled from Victoria Beach
1:14-2:10 (56) chatted with two swimmers Peter (the dad), and Conner (the son, maybe 10)
2:12-3:10 (58) 2 huge military helicopters with open sides flew really low over me...one on each side!
483 minutes 8 hours 3 minutes, 14.85 miles (including chat and stuff)
I felt like I had the energy to go further but my arms were hurting a bit so decided to stop. I had the energy to do my laundry after that...so does that perhaps mean I might have the energy to do the remaining 5.15 miles?
Lynn, it sounds like you had things to see and almost to do also, and that it did not get monotonous because of that. What did you do about eating/drinking? Did you have any helpers for that? Anyway, it sounds like you are "on goal" for getting prepped for this swim!
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should do a "countdown clock" the way some places do.
Good work!