Swimming at The London Fields Lido

Swimming on a fantastic day in February.  Problems with my shoulder cut the swim short - after an X ray, it transpires there is damage in the shoulder.  If I have torn the ligament, I will need and operation and the swim will be on hold (2 months no swimming and 6 months recovery).  Hopefully, it is just damaged and I can get away with injections - either way, it is very, very painful!

This time last year .........

....  6,000 meters at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro!

January - Bedford Swim Centre for 'Stroke Analysis'

Great news on the weight gain, I've now put on ONE stone! Sadly, this leads to regular chants of "Who ate all the pies" from the boys when they see me getting in the bath (thanks for your support chaps).  

It has been tough getting back into training after Christmas - the pool in December was down to 5 degrees, so I have now switched to swimming indoors at Haileybury for a few weeks.

New Year's Day was my last alcoholic drink until after the swim in July - now that's a challenge in itself!

In early January, I went to 'The Swim Centre' in Bedford for 'stroke analysis'.  A really worth while session, where a swim specialist/coach analyses your swim stroke with underwater cameras. Great fun and thanks to Karen T for sorting that.

.......... I don't seem to be going anywhere fast!

No need to look where I'm going then!