Week 3, Almost Game Time

This was a pretty awesome and hardcore week.  Since Saturday is really my Monday remember that this week began with the 6hr/5.5hr awesomeness.  Then Kyle Davis came town.  He got in at around midnight on Sunday and little did he know he was getting up early Monday morning to train.

Monday:  Kingsdown.
Dave who I have mentioned before picked Kyle and I up at around 9:30 and drove us to the beach.  Charlie was there waiting for us.  He gave me a 4mile workout, but I was still tired from the weekend and misunderstood/forgot how far it was between the buoys and ended up swimming 6miles instead.  Kyle was very impressive on his first day in the English Sea he swam 4miles, and I swam 6, 2 by accident.  My mom made fun of me asking if I was turning into my brother Zach who has been known to run many miles by accident.  All in all it was a great workout, and I felt good even with the extra mileage.

Tuesday: Kingsdown.
Back to the beach at Kingsdown with Dave, Kyle and Shivering Sean joined us too.  The day was amazing!  I couldn’t even believe I was in England, sorry English readers, but its true.  It was so sunny and hot, yes hot, and gorgeous out.  The Channel was as flat as a pancake too!  I am praying for a day like that when I swim.  Charlie gave us an extra long course to swim because visibility was so good.  We could see details on the French countryside.  Each length was 1500m, almost a mile.  I swam 15k/9.3miles, and felt great.  It was an amazing workout and the sun felt awesome on my back.  Kyle swam a good 4miles again.

Wednesday:  A Taste of The Channel.
Oxford and Cambridge have a big rivalry, part of that rivalry now spills out into the sea.  There was a relay race between the two schools.  Neil Streeter was taking the Oxford team and a CSA Pilot was taking the Cambridge team, Ali took us out on her boat to watch the start of the race.  We were lucky enough to see a solo swimmer take off too.  After the swimmers took off from the white cliffs for France, Ali through me into the sea, actually I jumped ship.  I have an awesome photo of it.  I swam next to the boat for a couple miles, it was great.  It was great practice; and really awesome water.  It is so much clearer out there and a dark green color.  It was weird swimming with the boat at first, but then I got the hang out it.  I have a new plan now too.  I’m not even thinking about swimming to France when I go, I am having a personal competition to see how long I can swim next to Alison’s boat and if France gets in my way I’m going to get on shore and say what’s up.



Thursday and Friday were rest days, I chilled out, saw Dover Castle and the Secret World War Two tunnels and watched lots of DVDs while eating lots of food.



Saturday/Sunday: The Harbor
I did 3hours on Saturday and 2hours on Sunday.  Each day I did about a 15minute warmup, before knocking out a fast 5k.  Both days I did my 5k on about 1:20.  I did a total of 8k on Saturday and 6k on Sunday.  Both days felt good and I felt strong.  Alison is thinking that Friday might be my day to go.  She says there should be a 5.5m tide which should be really good.  I am excited.  This week I am going to keep the training light and stay lose so I am ready to kick ass.  My Mom comes to town Tuesday morning and then my whole crew will be here.

I’ll be in the Harbor having fun again tomorrow.  Thanks for seeing how I am doing.  Please keep spreading the word and supporting me.  We have raised almost $4000 to help fight cancer, almost, our goal is just over $20,000.  I appreciate all the support, even just emails.  Anything to give me something to think about besides swimming is great too.  Oh last thing.  They throw a parade in Dover on July 5th, I pretended it was for the 4th of July, even though the parade sucked and had no cops, firemen or Soldiers.  Happy 4th of July, I miss America but I have a mission to complete here.  See you all soon