When I got to the pool, I did my usual assessment of how busy the slow & medium lanes were and which of the regular faces I could see to decide whether I'd be OK to be fast in the slow lane or slow in the medium lane. With only 3 people in the slow lane & a busier than usual medium lane, I decided on the slow lane - good decision!
There was one lady swimming quite slowly but she was really considerate and when she knew I was coming up quite close behind she would stop at the end of the length and let me set off ahead of her and this really helped me to get a good rhythm going and keep it going - as a result I managed my 1 mile (64 lengths) in my fastest time ever, 55 minutes!
The furthest I'd ever swam was 70 lengths so I decided to try and beat this and pushed myself up to 80 lengths... A full 2km! And I felt really, really good! So I just kept swimming:
And I got up to 90 lengths, but I couldn't stop there, despite feeling really tired and having aching shoulder blades, and I continued... 91, 92, 93... All the way up to 100 LENGTHS! Yes that's right, I did this:
It felt so good and I was so so pleased of myself - a few excited texts went out to my Sister, Hubby and Dad!
And to top it all off, it took my January total to 10,050m - beating my 10km target with over 1 week to spare! Not bad for someone who didn't want to go swimming 🏊
That's got to be worth some sponsorship:
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