Monday, October 6, 2014

Freezing cold swims

In an effort to get into shape for summer- I am not sure what shape yet, but a shape of sorts- I agreed to go swimming in the morning with one of my friends. Bex was all enthusiastic at lunch yesterday and so was I, this sounded like a brilliant plan. Yes I had a few drinks but as she is pregnant this wasn't a drinking idea. I have done a few of those like swimming the Midmar Mile or walking 15km for fun. They all sound great at the time but the reality is very different. Zoey is very sick with a bad cough at the moment so we had a late night with her. By 2am my throat was sore and I had an earache. The excuses to not get up at 5:45am started to come thick and fast. I got up after 6.5 hours sleep and I wasn't happy. It was 12 degrees. Not what I would consider swimming weather. We met at 6am at th local high school pool. The water was freezing but after forcing myself to get up I felt like I should go through with it. Bex had no such feelings and decided the baby would get cold if she swam. After ten minutes I convinced myself to get in the water. My whole body started stinging with the cold. After a few false starts I finally swam 6 laps. I was exhausted from shivering and my skin was bright red. I decided to call it a day. Three hours and a hot shower later I still wasn't warm. I love swimming but I am over these cold morning swims. I did the years of early morning swim training and it turns out that since the age of thirty I am no longer interested. We are going to wait for the pool to warm up considerably. So what do you do to get in shape for summer?

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

More Than Food

I have recently started contributing to More Than Food, an online food and travel magazine. My first article went live today. Please go check it out:0 More Than Food