What an eventful month its been......
Orienteering:
- now the weather has got a little warmer Ive been off to Wraysbury every Monday to practice this with my monfin rig. - see picture elsewhere on this blog. I started out with some out and back swims to a buoy at 67m. Then made up a triangular course, then a square course, each week getting slightly more difficult. This week 21st I made it round the whole lake course that we used last year for the open waterswim findeing every point (simulated 5 point course). The longest stretch was 119m. This was doubly hard as the visibility was poor (3m) and I had to find the wires for each buoy and not the larger targets. My buoyancy is now about right - being neutrally buoyant at 2m. Looking forward to Germany on 17/18 May.
Finswimming:
A bit of a mixed bag here. My endurance has definately gone up and Im able to sustain 50 mins at an average HR of 150 bpm. This has not been without some problems though as Ive pulled a back muscle twice on the bike after doing the 1 hour continuous sessions. Ive done 1500m in my 17:30 comfortably now and also 800m in 9:05. This weeks big adventure is the start of the open water swimming at Heron Lake on Saturdays - 6.00 am !
