Stroke analysis

 

In the hotel pool we were filmed for stroke analysis both above and below the water, we will watch the results this evening.
Great morning swim along the reef looking down on scuba divers and surrounded by fish of all colours. I saw a Lion Fish an impossible collection of fins like a mane of red and white stripes.
Bad news is my Pentax camera has stopped working.

Me diving

Me underwater

I managed an upload from the old PC at the hotel, this a picture Amanda took of me. It looks like I'm holding the rocks but I'm not, I did manage to cut my foot on the coral at some point though.

Dahab

 

Arrived here safely last night, met Amanda who was on the Turkey trip and we went out for dinner. It's very warm here and the morning sun is very strong.
This is the shore line in front of the hotel, Amanda and I swam down nearly as far as the white buildings stopping on the way to take pictures of all the fish and coral. Can't upload my underwater pictures here so it's just a phone snap for now.
Met five of the other trekkers, will meet the rest this evening, look forward to a proper swim tomorrow.
Swam for about an hour, Water is about 28C.
 

Gusty and gloomy

The few remaining leaves had been blown in a line up the right side of the pool

The tint on my new reflective goggles added to the gloom

My flip flop was blown into the corner of the pool.

Although the air was milder it was a dark stormy morning. The water is now at 9ºC and starting to feel really cold. I was trying out a new pair of reflective goggles ready for Egypt next week, their tint only added to the underwater gloom. They kept on fogging as well which never happens with my other goggles. I swam for about nine minutes the only person in the water then decided to get out, one of my flip flops had been blown into the pool and I had to fish it out of the collected leaves in the corner. A shorter swim meant I warmed up quite quickly.

Flicking Vees

Batch trying to tell me he's on his second length (I think).

He said the cold took his breath away on the first length.

Just above 10ºC.

Yep it's got colder. Another grey dark morning, I wasn't actually as cold as yesterday because I cycled up wearing trousers and then I wore flip flops around the pool. The water felt heavy but it wasn't as choppy as on Monday. I swam for eighteen minutes, had a shower and bundled up in lots of clothes and went to work, I was hot by the time I reached the office apart from my feet which seem to take longer to thaw.

Wet, Wet, Wet

Chris stops to say hello.

Sue and Chris in synchronicity.

I was wet before I reached the pool, got a bit wetter in the water and then got soaked as I went to work. Not the most comfortable morning as it was cold and blustery too. The Lido faithfull were all there to do a few laps, the lack of light not giving the best pictures. The water is still about 12ºC and I was in for 18 minutes.

SERPS Gala

A racing start.

Coming in full force.

Jim reaches for the bar.

It was the SLSC Vs SERPS gala this morning, the Serpentine swimmers out classed us at most events. We should have realised from their coordinated club trunks that they were taking this seriously. It was good fun and I swam in two events, the freestyle leg of a medley relay and a freestyle race. The water is still at about 12ºC but the air was much colder, I was hardly in the water for more than three minutes but waiting between races my feet began to freeze, I wish I'd taken some flip flops. Music played and there was table groaning under the huge amount of food available. After the races the sun came out and the water looked lovely, for a split second I thought about getting back in before I came to my senses and made my way back home.