Have signed up for the Great North 2 mile. Should be a fun weekend. Wetsuits required, but that's fine with me, I've got one to hand from doing the Lonodn Tri. Did that for the second year this year. Well the swim.
Managed a time just under 26 minutes, which is horrifically slow in my world but faster than last year. That said, I reckon the distance clocks in about 1600m rather than 1500m. The Fenix 3 had me at 1700m, but it struggled with GPS in the docks. Either way, still a 3 minute improvement over my abysmal time from last year.
I've got a new coach and discovered that I need to fix some major issues in my stroke, but in three weeks I feel so much better in the water, so he might be expensive but the one on one time is well worth it I've discovered. That said, he did say he didn't have to completely rebuild it which is good, and the guy has coached olympians, so knows stupid amounts about technique. Goals of a sub 20 minute 1500 and a sub 1 minute 100. Tough but should be manageable.
Going to miss the OW swim season coming to an end. The Saturday morning swims were pretty cool.
Had to send my Fenix 3 back to Garmin though. The stroke detection was a bit off, so they're sending me out a new one, and hopefully this one will work. Also going to try the HRM swim and see how that works out.
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