This may not seem exciting to you, but I overtook another swimmer in the pool last night! I'm in Poole in Dorset at the moment, for a gathering of the RNLI's media team, so headed off to the Dolphin Centre with colleague, Rachel from Scotland. I faced the usual issues of trying to set off too quickly on my first length and fighting for breath, but then found myself going past another swimmer. Oh so satisfying when I still feel like the numbskull novice in the water. I think Rachel said something like 'you'd better go first as you're doing it properly' - properly! Well that's one person fooled then.
Unfortunately they only had one lifeguard on duty at the pool so had to close the length lanes and heap us all into the half pool that was available. It was like a waterbased scrum with people swimming under and over each other. I did one length with some chap swimming along the bottom beneath me - now I put my head in I can see things like that. It takes your mind off the breathing problems!
Anyway, it was good to have to weave my way through all the other swimmers as I'll be setting off with a crowd of people when we start the river swim in 18 days time. The British are terribly polite about these things, especially the women. Lots of 'sorry' and 'I do apologise' as I kicked several folk and slapped one swimmer round the head with my hand.
They tell me there will be one RNLI lifeguard for every ten swimmers at the Castle to Castle event. I plan to swim right by the lifeguard rescue board so I treat it as my safety blanket. If its there I won't need it - that's my motto!
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