A 3.8k swim at Box End lake where I have swum many times before. This was a fairly last minute decision to enter after enjoying myself last weekend at Rutland. It's a good venue if not spectacular and 3.8k is 3 laps. Conditions were very bumpy on the return half of each loop so the overall time was pretty slow (1:04:32) but it's good to have a bit of a challenge. During the first lap I had several other girls pretty close to me, but as the race carried on, I was able to put more and more space between myself and them. My arms were still a little sore after PT on Wednesday (I don't know what the muscles are in one's elbow creases but they hurt!) and started to feel very heavy on the third lap but I felt that I finished strongly. I feel like my technique is a little bit off though. My Mum came to watch and hold my towel which was nice as Mr JKS is away cycling today.
So, next week is my big race of the season, the Fuschlsee Crossing in Austria. I'm not expecting to come out very high up as the race is part of the Austrian cup so there will be lots of very fast swimmers there (the fastest times were about 52 minutes for women last year - for 4.2k!) but I'm hoping for beautiful scenery and a nice day :)
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