Today I was joined by my friend Jo and as she has a car we ventured further afield to a lovely pool at Killingworth (for some reason she didn't seem to want to go to Byker!).
It was relatively quiet when we arrived and, promisingly, there were lanes! I watched for a bit to try and decide where to swim, and couldn't for the life of me figure out one lane (it turned out to be lifeguard training) so I headed to the other, where there was one man swimming front crawl at about my speed. I was just thinking how enjoyable it was to have enough room and a lovely lane to swim in when I noticed (out of the corner of my eye as I poked my head out to breathe) that the lane was being taken away - the rope was sailing over my head!
I've come to believe that there is a conspiracy against me in Newcastle swimming pools. It's just ridiculous.
Anyway, it wasn't too busy and after about length 80 it was actually very quiet, so I can't really complain. I did 122 lengths front crawl (almost - 2 were breaststroke and there was a token backstroke in there as well today) at a steady pace but it did take a bit longer than usual due to there being someone else for me to talk to! Jo swum a mile but doesn't seem too keen on the idea of another 21... She's running a marathon next month though, so I'll let her off.
So. 586 + 122 = 708 out of 1416... HALF WAY THERE!! And hopefully on target to finish within 6 weeks.
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