Still got the rubbish throat; in fact this morning was coughing up some rather yucky lumps of something; charming!! Kids all good again last night; Mia came in about midnight for an hour, but apart from that nothing else. So apart from my throat I felt rested and ready for a swim.
The sky was wispy cloudy, but no wind and dry, with air temp around 16 degrees; clearly a nice day ahead. I met Big Bob at the Arch at 7am and we headed off to the West Pier; Pier to Pier to Pier, 1.5 miles in total. Whilst the sea was fairly flat the tide was going East, so it was against the tide the whole way there. We didn't see each other on the way there as I seemed to be constantly swimming out into the ether, whilst he seemed to be heading in to the shore. By the time we reached the Red Buoy at the end of the West Pier we have both managed to get on track and we converged pretty much at the same time to the same spot; 35 minutes in total to get there. Coming back was with the tide, which is always helpful, however for some reason we found ourselves sprinting. We stayed together the whole way back and apart from Bob getting some cramps in his leg and having to stop for a short time, the swim was uneventful but very fast; swim back 20 minutes. We really did speed it back the whole way, 20 minutes for 0.8 miles is pretty fast in the sea. The temperature was up to around 16.5 degrees, which was good, but still it could go higher (please).
At work now, day in the office, with a stiff neck and shoulders. Good start to the day; always great to do a decent swim in the morning really sets you up for the day
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