woke at 4:00 am
45 minutes of CORE

SWIM:  90 minute open water and 30 minute pool
Comments:  It was stormy weather, but I still went swimming in the sea.  After 90 minute swim, I came home and swam 30 …

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woke at 3:00 am (slept poorly)

SWIM:  3 hours
CORE:  30 minutes

Comments:  The sea was very rough.  I had a poor feel for the water, but felt stronger towards the end of the swim.
I probably woke up too …

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woke at 4:oo am (slept well)

5:15 – 6:00  drove to Nice and started my swim in the dark from Castel Plage

SWAM:  9 hour and 13 minute nearly non stop

Comments:  The longest non stop swim of my life, …

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woke at 5:00 (slept 2 hour past my alarm)

5:30 – 6:30:  60 minute CROSS TRAINER (level 15 out of 25)
8:00 – 11:00:  3 hour SWIM open water

Comments:  today was the first day where I really felt tired …

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woke at 3:00

5:30 – 8:30:  SWIM 3 hour

16:00 – 17:00: CROSS TRAINER

comments:  I had a good, easy swim.  Started the swim before the sun rose, so it was dark and the water was flat and clear.
It …

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woke at 3:00 am (slept poorly)

6:00 – 7:30:  CROSS TRAINER:  90 minutes level 15 out of 25 (my heart rate was very low, around 120 bpm)
20 minutes of core training immediately after the cross trainer

18:00 – 19:00:  …

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woke at 3:00 am
went to the beach to swim, but the sea was very rough and it was pitch black so decided to swim in the evening.
CROSS TRAINER:  60 minutes at level 15 out of 25
CORE:  15 …

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Friday 23rd – I did not train.  I flew to Munich and then took two trains into Austria to meet Mario to do my 6 hour swim test in 60 degreeF/15 degreeC water in the biggest, coldest lake in Austria.…

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