I took part in the first ever Great North Swim on Saturday in Lake Windermere … and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The event was really well organised and Windermere was great to swim in, a bit cold at 15.1 degrees, but fun. It was a 1-mile swim with an exit and run across a timing mat at the turn round point (my back didn’t really like that).
My back problems cost me quite a bit time (probably 3-4mins) as every time I tried to increase my power I could feel it pull on my back and I didn’t want to cause further damage, so I had to settle for long slow stroke. Also on exiting the water there was a run to the finish line and I managed to fall over just before the finish line … which my wife caught on video
It ended up taking me 29mins which sore me achieve the following positions: -
17th Male 40-45 out of 107 finishers
24th Both 40-45 out of 213 finishers
167th Male out of 819 finishers
238th Overall out of 1670 finishers
I’ll be going back next year, hopeful fit, with the aim of finishing in the top 5% …. I may even try to average more than 2 swims every 3 weeks which I seem to average at the moment.
Video of me falling over just before the finish line (Including by wife laughing just at the end)
... that’s all last week seemed to comprise of, due to my back problems.
I had another session at the sports physio yesterday and feeling much better – I’m still using a stick for support when walking but I feel a lot better.
Yep as the title says - i think i had quite a good week this week with a good session completed for each of the 3 disciplines plus a couple of strength sessions and a couple suplimental sessions.