Monthly Archives: February 2020

This has been, may I say, the WORST. I can swim the Channel, no problem, but I can’t reserve the *&$%#% boat. Do I need to look at these contracts?…

I forgot to include the notes I took while talking to Loretta – here are my delightful jottings: Eddie - read contractpaperwork in on timequalifying swim october before the year…

Breakthrough!!! The combination of talking to the helpful coach (Loretta Cox) that Charles Van Der Horst suggested AND being completely fed up with this whole boat reservation decision process has…

Got in touch with Charles Van Der Horst through Coach Bescher. He is doing a Channel relay and training with Loretta Cox. He has swum with JP at TAC and…

Hopped in for a bit before I had to leave to go camping – felt better. Hopefully better things coming next week (like, more than 2000 yards).

Swam my first practice. 1000 on my own, 1000 with the group (their warm-up). Got destroyed. God I suck at kicking on my side. Onward and upward.

Talked to John Roy (head coach of Wave Swimming) and got permission to train from 3-3:30 on my own and then with the pre-Senior group. Yay! And many thanks to…

Got another response back from Pat G-C – she is so nice! Her advice is CSA over CS&PF due to their stricter standards (no knee-length suits, for example). The purists…

Got a FB message right back from Pat G-C – she is as awesome as I assumed! She had a couple of pilot recommendations – both CSA (Channel Swimming Association).…

Oh, the piloting/scheduling dilemma I am constitutionally unsuited to booking something 2.5 years out that requires a non-refundable deposit. [2019 commentary – It speaks to how booked up these guys…

Finally taking some steps again, but I don’t feel like the time I spent thinking about it was wasted. I didn’t go to the training camp, and I mentally moved…

I’ve spent the last hour looking around the CS&PF (Channel Swimming and Piloting Federation) site and a website run by the Pilots (http://www.channelswimming.net) and I’ve come to the conclusion that…

Today’s dilemma - $2000 for a training trip? I was thinking of going to a Race Director summit in February… I could ditch that (and save $500) and put it…

The Humble Beginning - My First Blog Post (Is it a blog if you are only blogging to yourself?) So happy to find this page – Oh my gosh these…

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