The open water season is over – or at least it is for me, I don’t swim in lakes and seas when it gets proper cold. So it’s time to look back on the season and see how it’s gone and what I’ve achieved.
I could write a lot of words about this – but I think this photo is a great summary.
From the back, left to right we have:
– Windermere certificate and swim hat – a tough, tough swim for me, but still another 10.5 miles under my belt and I can start to see it as more of a learning experience now.
– Colwick Park certificate and swim hat – the first event of the season and I can’t say I enjoyed the swim (probably due to poor nutrition), but it was a lovely and local day for me.
– Coniston certificate and swim hat – I always like Coniston, it’s just a beautiful swim.
– Wykeham Lakes certificate (x2) and swim hat – a 5km swim, followed a little later by a 1km swim, hence the two certificates.
– SwimTrek hat – provided as part of the Long Distance Training course I did with them in April in Mallorca. A great, GREAT trip and I met some amazing swimmers.
– 100% swimming hat – provided by Paul of 100% swimming as we sat and chatted one day at Activities Away.
– French pebble – probably my most treasured swimming possession. A memento of the channel relay I did in July and although I didn’t collect the pebble myself, I will do one day.
Not a bad season all told.
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This is an awesome collection. It looks like it was a good and adventurous season. Looking forward to seeing the collection of rocks from distant shores.
It was a great season – and hopefully more great seasons (and pebbles) to follow.