Wednesday, January 23, 2008

A milestone and a wakeup call (Mile 10)


At the end of the group swim this morning, I turned back toward the dark opening of the bay to log another .25 mile. It was frigid this morning, but it was worth it to hit the 10 mile mark. 10 miles, I'm 25% to my goal! After rewarming in the sauna, I did the math and was truly humbled.

There are only 58 days of winter remaining and I have 30 miles to go to reach 40. That means I have to average one mile every other day to get there. Currently, I swim 3 miles a week. Assuming a 'perfect' 3 miles a week for the next 8 weeks and I'll end up 6 miles short. I guess the Hawaii Christmas vacation set me back a bit. This polar bear thing is harder than I thought!

"Noth'ins easy, is it Chiefy."
Quint, Jaws
(Photo above)