Giles's Swim for Charity
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That link had me looking at ladies in swim suits… I suddenly thought of Giles in this'un
... and well there went my appetite... Although he might pull it off in black...
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Can you swim? Can you teach?
I'm happy to help you if I can Giles. I have quite a lot of swim experience, have taught a bit too. Have you looked into this yet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Immersion - its the technique du jour, I find it quite frustrating as it is quite measured and slow but it might suit you well (i.e.: long distance). I come from water polo roots so I have a more brutalist style.
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great goal & cause G$.
now when you are sweet talking the lady you can really say & mean you would swim across the _______ for her love
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Cost me £18 to be told I was crap…..
That doesn't seem very cost effective. Paula probably tells you that daily for free.
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I await a call from Alex, when it happens I will meet him at a local marina and float around in my new wetsuit - step one in cold acclimatisation. For obvious reasons people are not allowed into the water in our marinas. But, if I go as "part" of the dive team who have permission, I'm OK
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On Friday night I am going to the beach to give this open water stuff a go….
I'm sure someone has told you, but open water is a fair fair bit harder. Currents, chop, timing, breathing etc all go out the window. Also when there's no line on the bottom it's really difficult to swim straight. I used to be a life saver and always struggled to swim in the ocean but would do laps for a few hours a week in the pool. Be easy on yourself, it's really difficult in short
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Yeah, I know. But the good news is that I'll be wearing a wet suit and obviously saline water is more buoyant, so at least I can't sink when I panic…..On the swim itself, I'll be shadowed by Kayaks, so I just need to sight them rather than the destination, so hopefully I'll be able to sight on the breathe stroke. But to sum - I'm shit scared.....
