Saturday, March 08, 2008

The 1:14 Effect

By the time you read this I will probably have been airborne and back on Earth again. In a few hours (as I write this) I will be 1500km from my present location, luxuyriating in plentiful oxygen and sea vistas. Meanwhile, tomorrow, hard work and toil is on the cards. Will I go under 3hours?

So I was swimming in the open air pool at Old Eds and I said to myself: "If you can swim 100m faster than 1:15, then you're gonna break 3hours in the Argus. The background to this is my first swim was 1:21, second one 1:17 (and gasping painfully). I allowed myself a dive, but not off the blocks. So I did a 1:14.

I then went to weigh myself: 84.3kg. Alex predicts a 3:10. I'm predicting 3:03-3:05. Time will tell.

2 comments:

moleisking said...

In one of your articles you mentioned the following "Vivienne Kukard in Krugersdorp". I am looking for a person by the same surname but with a first name of Candice. The surname is not very common and the family did live in krugarsdorp so i am lmost certain its the same family. Do you have any more info?

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Nick said...

I just know that Mrs Kukard was a coach. I will ask the swimmer to get Vuiviene's details and if she knows Candice.