Swimming day 473 - Tuesday 1st May 2012

No wind this morning (I am talking weather by the way), but the rain was visiting once again. A lack of sleep (Jesse insisting of sleeping right on top of me!!) so was yawning all the way to the arch. Not a full house, but a decent crowd; Leo (been a while), Shoichi, Damien, Big Bob, Mike, David, Sean, Flick & Charlotte.  Bob and I headed off around the pier anticlockwise, whilst Damien, Leo and Shoichi headed off clockwise.  With the tide dragging to the West it meant that Bob and I were swimming against the tide all the way around until we got back to the steps and then we wooshed under the pier with the tide helping us all the way home.  The swim at the start was hard and the tide made us feel like we were swimming through mud; especially as we headed around the head of the pier; a real challenging swim.  The sea temperature was up a bit to around 8.6 degrees, but that is still pretty cold.  The total time in the sea was 30 minutes, which is probably the longest we’ve done this year. 

This afternoon after work I’m at the gym for an hour, then tomorrow will be back to the beach in the morning and then an exhausting 2 hr (two hours!) with Bob at Falmer from 8.30pm – 10.30pm – something to not look forward to.  Fiona may join us for the pool swim, so even though the 2 hrs swimming sounds unattractive to me, being with Bob and Fiona lifts the spirits.