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Well I did it!!!

January 13, 2012 By Stan Zaslavsky

It still feels a bit surreal – but I did the swim!

On the day, I was feeling pretty calm, we got there all together and the girls waited for me.

The walk to the pier was quite interesting – everybody was very quiet – there were 5000 swimmers doing it on the day!

There were also about 30,000 spectators, so it was quite a big event. At the same time – it seemed really peaceful and because it was all around health, there was no alcohol in sight and only one security guard for the whole event!

Anyway, when I got to the pier, I caught up with Graham who is in the swim squad with Oscar and that really helped. He was in the prior wave to me – his start was at 12.45 and mine was at 12.55. We had a little chat – he was thinking of staying with the main pack and going that way – I was thinking of going as wide as possible to get the waves to help me swim in.

Graham’s a much stronger swimmer though and being a triathlete has far more experience in open water swims – so he was pretty confident about his path and I think that helped me too.

The weather was perfect, about 25 degrees, overcast and virtually no wind. There was a gentle swell coming through the waves which was fine to handle.

I remember getting out there in the water and the main thing that I could do better next time is check my direction more often – it seemed to me that I was swimming in the wrong direction for most of the race ๐Ÿ™‚

Surprisingly I felt quite ok with not seeing the ground – I was mainly focused on getting to the finish line of the race ๐Ÿ™‚ and staying on the surface ๐Ÿ™‚ – so it was fine.

All in all, I completed the race in 26.56, and while its not quite 20 minutes that I was hoping for – it was an OK time for my first ever Pier to Pub race – so I was really happy and proud of myself for doing it!

Now on to getting stronger and developing a better technique in the water!

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