the water is very cold…
Over the past few months, (as I mentioned before) I have become buddies over the net with a few other people who were also training to swim the channel.
As of last week, 4 of the 5 failed in their …
Friday, August 27 2010
woke at 4am (slept ok)
SWIM: 30 minutes easy
Comments: I had a nice easy 30 minute swim, just focusing on my feel for the water.
I have been eating a lot to try and gain weight. Crazy, but I …
Wednesday, August 26 2010
woke at 4am (slept ok)
SWIM: 90 minutes open water (nearly, all my training swims are open water)
Comments: I have good feel for the water, but my shoulders were sore for the first 30 minutes … I noticed at …
Tuesday, August 24 2010
woke at 5:00 (slept terribly)
SWIM: 90 minutes
Comments: To ensure I have some fat to protect me from the cold during the swim, I am trying to gain as much weight as I can, as fast as I can. …
Sunday, August 22 2010
woke at 5am (slept poorly – my upper back was sore and the pain woke me up)
SWIM: 3:45
comments: I was scheduled to do a 4 hour swim, but I finished 15 minutes faster.
I swam from the Castel …
Saturday, August 21 2010
woke at 6 am (slept ok, but drank too much wine the night before so not a good sleep)
SWIM: 7:15
Comments: my last long swim — I had a dinner party friday night so mentally and physically was not …
Friday, August 20 2010
woke at 4:00 (slept poorly)
SWIM: 90 minutes in the pool
Comments: good feel for the water and the time went by very fast
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Wednesday, August 18 2010
woke at 3:00 am (slept ok)
SWIM: 90 minutes
comments: I had a better feel for the water today. There were many large jelly fish so I worried about swimming into them.
An ok swim – I feel much better …
Tuesday, August 17 2010
woke at 6 am (slept well)
SWIM: 90 minutes
Comments: I have had a stomach virus for about a week – and it got worse while I was in Dover so since my 4 hour swim in Dover on Friday, …
Friday, August 13 2010
In Dover, England
woke at 5:00 am ( 6:00am in France) I slept great
SWIM: 4 hours and 15 minutes
comments: I woke up too early. I headed down to the beach (harbor) around 5:45 without a coffee and breakfast.…