Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Super Sunday - Terrigal Edition

Four swims on offer for Sunday 17th April – the choice was made easier for this HOFF with the postponement of Bondi.

Maitland Swimmer had already signed up for it, I was happy to be able to “have cake and eat it too” and participate as well.

Terrigal’s a great choice for a day when the conditions are rough elsewhere. Not saying it was easy and flat – there was still a bit of swell around, causing organizers to change the 2km course to a two lapper.

We met up with a few familiar faces – Cat McAlister (RealDealCat) up from the big smoke, and Col Booth – central coast local heading for a top 20 finish in the end-of-season swim tally. Also got chatting to John from Avoca, who swims with a group called The Lizards – they swim at Avoca every morning.

1km swim was the usual diamond-shaped course. A bit of swell heading north made sighting slightly tricky. Got caught in a battle of wills against a brick-shaped being in a black two-piece with the same coloured cap as me (ie, competition). Some punters are pretty rough to swim next to, and she was no exception. Got her on the run to the finish.

2km swim was changed from the usual oblong to 2 laps of a longer version of the 1km swim (hence not really 2km but a bargain nonetheless). On finishing my first lap I noticed a flash in a yellow cap to my right – it was Don Boland finishing the swim and winning overall.

Maitland Swimmer podiumed – given “equal third” at ceremony but we think he might have done a bit better than this. RealDealCat and I were robbed for a podium but enjoyed it anyway.

Celebrations continued on at the Cool Rock ice-cream bar for some, others found Terrigal to be a “Magnum-free-zone” and left, stopping at first petrol station in sight to fuel up.

And so, armed with an extra large pepsi max (to keep micro-sleeps at bay) and a choc bickie magnum (I swam for it), I headed back home for a nap.

Liz

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