Today was the BLDSA’s Wykeham lakes swim and although I was entered, although I was there at the venue in time to register, although I’d had a brief dip yesterday and wanted to swim I did not start (DNS).
It’s the first time I’ve ever done that when it wasn’t fitness or injury that prevented me from starting. Today it was life that got in the way.
Yesterday I did a kayaking course at the Trafford Water Sports Centre (which I’ll blog about later). The early start and full day on (and partly in) the water meant I was tired by the end of it. However, I’d arrange to stay with a friend in York to make me closer to Wykeham – which is just down the road from Scarborough – so I drove over there. But it was to be no quiet night in. Instead my friends had an 80s night to go out to, so I went along with them.
If I’d been determined to swim I’m sure I could have drank less, got to bed earlier and generally been more committed to the whole exercise. But I wasn’t. I decided to relax and spend time with friends that I’ve not seen properly for at least a year – and so this was the result:
It was a good night!
So I drove up to start, said hello to a few people and then left them all to their swim and drove home again.
I’m quite comfortable with that though. As I said before, I’m being more relaxed about my swimming at the moment and I’ve also got to spend the afternoon working in preparation for a busy week next week.
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Guess it’s better than DNF 🙂
– but it’s turned your hair white!!!!!!!!
Looks like you had a good evening, all part of the work/life balance.
Looking forward to hearing about the Trafford Water Sports Centre.
Have a good week.
Yeah, it was clearly a shock! Exactly, it’s the balance of life and at the moment it’s tipping away from swimming, but it will come back in due course.
And the Trafford Water Centre was good – more to follow.
Ha ha … That explains your brief appearance. I’ll say hello next time!
No worries Helen, I didn’t want to disturb swimmers that looked like they were getting into ‘the zone’, so I got out of everyone’s way quickly.