Brrrrr. What is going on here???? It's September, mid September at that, and it's cold. I sound like the aussies this last winter, "ooooh, it's cold, it's 15 degrees" which isn't really that cold at all, but standing on the jetty at half six in the morning and stepping into water that is now 16 degrees, it feels really chilly! Three brave triathletes joined us this morning on the jetty, their last session in the water this summer. Even in their wetties they weren't enjoying it!
In terms of how the cold affects our swimming, it takes 10 minutes to warm up and within 20 minutes the cold makes your co-ordination somewhat wooden, by the 40 minute mark i felt like a struggling man wearing a knitted cardigan. I hope i can get used to this in the next two weeks.
It's interesting to see that as soon as the cold weather comes along, the rowers come out like an armada on the water. We cut our swim short as didn't want to spend our time trying to dodge the newby rowers who are zig-zagging their way down the river, all the time looking backwards.
Why is it that Rowers put themselves through the cold winters and not the warm summers? I would think a summer morning on the river would be infinitely more comfortable whilst sitting in a narrow skiff. Unusual breed, rowers, i know i'll get some comeback for that comment, especially given my own unusual training times. By the way, how is the pool, Matt? Missed you this week!
Happy trails all! and thanks for everybody's support on the sponsorship. I'm now above eleven hundred pounds which is fantastic. Am thinking i need to go out and purchase some day-glow swimmers incase i make my 1,500 quid target!
www.justgiving.com/Jeremy-Lovell-Davis
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