All of the 8 Mile swimmers together, raised a total of nearly R1.5 million for various charities!
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Kudos to everyone!
Monday, February 14, 2011
8 Miles...done and dusted!!!
Body is battered...but very proud.
All of the 8 Mile swimmers together, raised a total of nearly R1.5 million for various charities!
All of the 8 Mile swimmers together, raised a total of nearly R1.5 million for various charities!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Statistical swimming...
Yes, I have been thinking about this weekend way too much...can you blame me?
Check this out:
8 MILES is equivalent to:
8 MILES is equivalent to:
8 MILES is equivalent to:
See you on the other side!
Check this out:
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| Hmmmmmmm?!?!?!?! |
- 12.874752 kilometres
- 506 880 inches
- 1 287 475.2 centimetres
8 MILES is equivalent to:
- 512 lengths in a 25m pool
- 8704 strokes
- 4352 breaths
8 MILES is equivalent to:
- 42 000 kilojoules
- 16.3185 Big Mac burgers with cheese
See you on the other side!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Midmar swim looms...
I have often stood at the side of the pool and thought that I should really be snuggling under the covers rather...
Well, with 9 days to go, I am doing the shuffel towards the pool with eager arms!
I have been off for the last ten days with a ridiculous chest infection. Have coughed so hard I nearly dislocated my spine! That would have been a good chuckle?!? I can see the headlines now:
MAN COMPLETES MAMMOTH SWIM LIKE SPINELESS EEL!
Well, jokes asideI am crapping myself. But my greatest supporter is quietly confident in my abilities.
I do love the GoodWife!
I will be swimming alongside the Human Polar Bear! Yes, Lewis Gordon Pugh is one of the 50 8-Mile swimmers! I say I will be swimming alongside him, but really, it won't be for very long. Perhaps we can enjoy a chat on the boat ride back to the start??
Later Y'all
Well, with 9 days to go, I am doing the shuffel towards the pool with eager arms!
I have been off for the last ten days with a ridiculous chest infection. Have coughed so hard I nearly dislocated my spine! That would have been a good chuckle?!? I can see the headlines now:
MAN COMPLETES MAMMOTH SWIM LIKE SPINELESS EEL!
Well, jokes asideI am crapping myself. But my greatest supporter is quietly confident in my abilities.
I do love the GoodWife!
I will be swimming alongside the Human Polar Bear! Yes, Lewis Gordon Pugh is one of the 50 8-Mile swimmers! I say I will be swimming alongside him, but really, it won't be for very long. Perhaps we can enjoy a chat on the boat ride back to the start??
Later Y'all
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Exhausted - What a swim!
Yes, the 25km swim is done and my body is rather worse for wear...
Man, it was long...
Honestly, the swim was really, really good. It is amazing how you learn about the capabilities of your body during an event like this. Something that you are sure that you will need to bail out of after the first stretch, seems efforless now that it and so much more has been completed. The first leg of day one was a monster 3.5km in water that really felt like the Engish Channel at the height of a North Sea storm surge! The waves were massive. The rest of the legs were really not that bad. Like I said, after the first and longest stage I told myself: "For the rest of the swim, there is nothing longer that needs to be swum."
99% of an event like this is the mental battle.
As I was swimming, thinking about what I would write on my Blog, it occurred to me that this mental battle was similar to what Craig would have dealt with (only on a seriously minor scale).
Hats off to you my friend. My battle was tough enough and with yours, you have simply kept your chin high...
You have my ultimate respect my friend!
You are a TROOPER!!!!
Man, it was long...
Honestly, the swim was really, really good. It is amazing how you learn about the capabilities of your body during an event like this. Something that you are sure that you will need to bail out of after the first stretch, seems efforless now that it and so much more has been completed. The first leg of day one was a monster 3.5km in water that really felt like the Engish Channel at the height of a North Sea storm surge! The waves were massive. The rest of the legs were really not that bad. Like I said, after the first and longest stage I told myself: "For the rest of the swim, there is nothing longer that needs to be swum."
99% of an event like this is the mental battle.
As I was swimming, thinking about what I would write on my Blog, it occurred to me that this mental battle was similar to what Craig would have dealt with (only on a seriously minor scale).
Hats off to you my friend. My battle was tough enough and with yours, you have simply kept your chin high...
You have my ultimate respect my friend!
You are a TROOPER!!!!
Monday, November 22, 2010
Capital 3 K!!!
Greetings from a rather stiff and sore Braddles to you my avid readers!
Yip, the Capital K was swum on Sunday and much to my delight the sun shone for the first time since I was six! I did the Three kilometre even, nice and early and thank goodness. Between 1.5km and about 2.5 km the wind picked up and it was like swimming in a blender. Every breath was met with a flurry of chocolate dam water...YUMMY!!! Finished in 1:01.27, sot not too disappointed about that. The one thing that played through my mind as I chugged ever so slowly towards the finish line was how tired I was - and that this was just shorter than one of the legs of the "Lap of Midmar" swim - and there are 8 legs!!!!!
5, V, Five, 5 days to go until the "Lap of Midmar" event starts and i am making funny squeaky noises in anticipation. Yes this is only a training swim towards my 8 Mile, CHOC, Craig Bainbridge swim in Feb, but I am really looking forward to it.
Craig has also been writing, he may have been misdiagnosed!!!! HECTIC!
Check out the details on the link below! He is a real machine, cycled the 94.7 Cycle challenge this weekend!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/?sk=messages&tid=1351201198464
Have an awesome day y'all
B-Dog!
Yip, the Capital K was swum on Sunday and much to my delight the sun shone for the first time since I was six! I did the Three kilometre even, nice and early and thank goodness. Between 1.5km and about 2.5 km the wind picked up and it was like swimming in a blender. Every breath was met with a flurry of chocolate dam water...YUMMY!!! Finished in 1:01.27, sot not too disappointed about that. The one thing that played through my mind as I chugged ever so slowly towards the finish line was how tired I was - and that this was just shorter than one of the legs of the "Lap of Midmar" swim - and there are 8 legs!!!!!
5, V, Five, 5 days to go until the "Lap of Midmar" event starts and i am making funny squeaky noises in anticipation. Yes this is only a training swim towards my 8 Mile, CHOC, Craig Bainbridge swim in Feb, but I am really looking forward to it.
Craig has also been writing, he may have been misdiagnosed!!!! HECTIC!
Check out the details on the link below! He is a real machine, cycled the 94.7 Cycle challenge this weekend!
http://www.facebook.com/#!/?sk=messages&tid=1351201198464
Have an awesome day y'all
B-Dog!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
First swim in sight...
Ah, lookee... The weathe has finally broken enough for me to walk down to the pool and dive in without losing bits and pieces to frostbite.
Speedo's really don't offer as much insulation as one would think!
First "pre-swim swim" is on Sunday and i feel like... OK, not quite comfortable with the word 'confident'...comfortable? Yes, I am confident about comfortable!
It's the Capital K at Midmar Dam. The letter K, implying one Kilometre. Well, I'm doing 3...
The 3km race starts at 7:30 and I'll be off.
I'm taking it easy though, a training swim. Remember I'm confidently comfortable, not comfo.....you get the point.
This is how I felt this morning in the pool...phew. Wish me luck!
Speedo's really don't offer as much insulation as one would think!
First "pre-swim swim" is on Sunday and i feel like... OK, not quite comfortable with the word 'confident'...comfortable? Yes, I am confident about comfortable!
It's the Capital K at Midmar Dam. The letter K, implying one Kilometre. Well, I'm doing 3...
The 3km race starts at 7:30 and I'll be off.
I'm taking it easy though, a training swim. Remember I'm confidently comfortable, not comfo.....you get the point.
This is how I felt this morning in the pool...phew. Wish me luck!
Monday, November 15, 2010
Donations galore!
To all of you who have donated to my swim and inevitably, CHOC: THANK YOU!!!!!
The donations are rolling in thick and fast and the kitty is steadily growing.
I am astounded by all of the positive responses to my call for support of this worthy cause.
Thank you, thank you thank you!
Short, sweet and to the point.
You guys rock!!!
The donations are rolling in thick and fast and the kitty is steadily growing.
I am astounded by all of the positive responses to my call for support of this worthy cause.
Thank you, thank you thank you!
Short, sweet and to the point.
You guys rock!!!
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