Bonjour!
Lengths swum this week: 72
Target total this week: 1360
Total lengths swum: 1360
Je l'ai nage la Manche! (Translation: I've swum the Channel!)
I completed my Channel challenge on Monday, with an epic 72-length swim and 8 days to spare! Yippee! Given where I was at with this a few weeks back, I can't quite believe I made it, but I totally did! I've been feeling very proud of myself all week :)
Swimming 80+ lengths a week now turned out to be easier than it was to swim 50+ lengths a week in the beginning, so I'm going to attempt to swim back in four months rather than six, meaning I should land in "Dover" by Halloween. Yes, I'm doing it all again. While it would be nice to think I could swim aimlessly and achieve the same result fitness-wise, I know I need a weekly kick up the arse to keep me on track and motivate me, so, in the words of Edith Piaf, "Je repars a zero," which (I think!) translates as, "I start again from zero." Quite a thought...but, weirdly, not a bad one.
For the swim back, my weeks are going to run Wednesday - Tuesday, so I'll be calling my weekly blog updates Wet Wednesday, unless I can think of something better. If I've done my sums right, I need to swim an average of 80 lengths a week, but I'm going to try to bank more in the early stages in anticipation of the fact that August's wedding will likely throw a spanner in the works. Watch this space/the horizon!
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Congratulations! That's brilliant! Good luck with the return stretch x
ReplyDeleteThank you, Debbie :) And congratulations to you on your very tasty-looking gnocchi...even though your mum emerged victorious again! x
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