My new training haunt.......A calm Dover harbour

Saturday 10th May - No seals this week

Once again the weather was brilliant for my latest trip to Dover , we swam at 10am for 45mins - 3K approx then the second swim was at 12:15 this time we did a 90 min swim -just under 6K .

The temperature was around 11 degrees with some nice warmer patches and as the tide was coming in there were some very cold patches - when swimming through those bits it certainly woke you up and made you get a move on ........

All in all the training seems to be going to plan , I have been recovering quickly once out of the water must be all the extra pounds keeping me toasty warm.

Next weekend I am down in Dover Saturday and Sunday so lets all pray for good weather and that I can cope with the next gradual increases Freda AKA The General places upon us !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Training in Loughborough !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I find myself in Loughborough -work related and can't get any swimming done , the pool was full of the Olympic swimmers - how frustrating .........didn't think I could keep up so I had a bath at my hotel instead - I did make it a cool bath ..............

Can't wait to get back to my lido later today .........

Bank Holiday Monday

Returned to the Lido for a steady 60 min swim - lengths !!!!!!

The chlorinated water felt really heavy today and always looking for rougue width swimmers made my swim feel harder than in Dover.

A few concerns are now spinning in my head - my supplier of goggles cant source that particular type anymore - I will have to do some seacrhing for new make . I do have spares but I need spare spares really just in case .

The pool will be my haunt for the next few days , Friday the Lido I think then Dover again next Saturday - hope the sun keeps shinning

4th May 08 Dover - Training

Sunday training at Dover again so so lucky blue skies and gentle wind with the sun shinning down on us . The swims today went well we did a 45 min swim then about an hour later we did a 4 K swim - well I did a slight detour and Chris was too cold to argue with me ..........All good stuff , Chris swam next to me and we had a really steady pace extablished .

After two days of driving down to Dover swimming two swims per day and then driving home I became very weary - afternoon nap was required .

We both recovered well and only lasting complaints was slight rub marks and furry tongues

Wldlife at Dover - a good Omen ?

Just about the start my first swim at Dover inner harbour , a very nosey seal came to have a look at us all as we were about to enter his domain - you can just see his head !!! Regular swimmers today said that they have NEVER seen a seal in the harbour ....a good omen perhaps

The two swims were great with the temperature about 11/12 degrees and the sun was shinning brightly.

The training in the Lido has been great as the sea felt rather warm and I found it fairly easy to get into my stroke - nuala pace !!!

Back again tomorrow for more training , managed to catch the sun on my face and also had a slight cozzie rub - so a few things I need to get sorted for tomorrow ....note to self sun block and vaseline

The Lido

This morning a break from routine I went to Hampstead Lido - usually its my weekend haunt ......11 degrees and I did 45 mins ...wow very happy . However I realised what a commotion there is brewing up there 60m x 27m open air unheated Lido beautiful except no lane ropes. Some swim widths some swim lengths, this hasn't been a problem during the winter months when the numbers are very low .....this morn one of the regulars tells me that the Lido ' Forum ' have decided that 7-7.30am you MUST swim widths .........such hassle so early in the morning.......there will be trouble ahead