The perfect number 8.

So further to the story about counting, I found out the following: Eight, 8, acht, is the perfect number for counting.

200m, easy, that is 8 laps in a 25m pool.

400m, easy, that is 8 laps in a 50m pool.

800m, again, easy, that is 8 double laps in a 50m pool.

8 sets, yes, totally doable.

But when you get to the other distances and counting, forget it!

300m, no way, that is not an easy multiple of 8.

20 x 100m, seriously, you are doomed with this one, you will lose count, guaranteed.

I think we can all guess when I came up with this…. Yes during another long training session a few nights ago. 3100m to be precise. And none of it was in easy numbers. So what distance we actually completed, who knows. Another one of those swims where the warm up, yes WARM UP, is 1000m…. The main set: 20 x 100m with 10s breaks. Anyhow, 1,5 hours later, at 8.30pm, after another late dinner at 9.30pm…. I had my story for this blog figured out.

Preparations are progressing. Swimsuits are permanently displayed on our skins. It looks like I am wearing a white swimsuit 24/7.

We are starting to get really bored with swimming, but hanging in there. We are trying to keep things interesting by doing our long swim at a different 50m pool every weekend. And, we added a bit of variation by doing private Pilates lessons, to work some other muscles. We are finding out that those other muscles have been seriously neglected for some time, AUCH!

Only a few more weeks to go, excited!!!