Well I completed my swim across the Mekong, and came 50th out of about 111 people so I felt pretty pleased with myself… mostly because I didn’t panic about being way out of my depth, which is what tends to happen if I swim in the sea… I don’t think we actually swam that far… its probably only about 700m… however the bally organisers told us the current was going the opposite way from the direction it was actually going in and so most people tried to compensate for the current and then realised halfway across that they were heading miles down river… so we probably swam about a kilometre I would guess. The river was a bit choppy but otherwise it was fine.
Now in the last 12months I’ve run a half marathon, cycled the length of Wales and swum the Mekong. Tri-athlete telf I shall be. [not]
Other thoughts…
I am fairly rubbish at knowing my age, although after a few seconds rummaging in my brain I can usually get it right… however I always remember the age of my one and only cousin in the whole world - Jackjack… today he is 7 years old. Interestingly this makes me feel old, I can’t believe it is 7 years since he was born and I was studying for part of my modular geography A-level.
I think the reason it makes me feel old is that in another 7 years he will be 14 (nasty beard sprouting boy teenager I expect?) and I will be…. Ummmmm 31, its not that 31 is old… its just that I am speculating all the unknown things that could happen before I am 31… when Jack was born the immediate future was less hazy than it is now…finish college, go to uni… but now I have not the vaguest idea what I’ll be doing in 7 months let alone 7 years…
Although I want to cycle the length of both islands of New Zealand I don’t exactly have many long term goals…
Char I’m thinking to join you as a postman… it sounds like a seriously good plan… if anyone has any other suggestions for what I should do with my life dooooo let me know.
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