Outlawed... and Counting Down.
"42 minutes?! Holy crap!" That was my thought when I looked at my watch as I hauled myself up the ramp (I'm not joking, it really is a steep ramp!) out of the water after the Outlaw Half Nottingham 1900m swim. I was delighted. Until recently I've been averaging around 2:40/100m swimming outdoors, but just recently that has improved markedly, and I'm now consistently swimming at around 2:20-2:30-100m - and the faster end of that range was what I'd just accomplished. A great start to the day. Onwards into T1, and the HUGE distance to run - or walk- in my wetsuit socks to reach my bike before I could change out of my wetsuit. I'd chosen specifically to wear socks for that reason. I have plantar fasciitis in my right foot (and have had for some months), and arthritis in the toes of the same foot, so running barefoot would not have ended well. I'll also be wearing socks for the swim on Celtman day - and as today was mainly intended as a rehearsal, I k...