Swim across Lake Zurich

Due to a big storm coming up, they wouldn’t let us cross. If we’d been half an hour earlier, we could have done it. We swam a bit in the lake anyway. It was wonderful to swim in a lake (I haven’t done it since summer camp) but not as wonderful as crossing the lake. Oh well, there’s always next year!

1500 meters, 50 minutes.

Take that, Lake Zurich!!

Ok, so it was in a swimming pool that was 28 degrees. It has to be at least 21 degrees before the lake crossing takes place. Brrr!!

It’s pretty hard to do a Ph.D., run, swim, and attempt to lead a normal life all at the same time. These days, the swimming, my newest goal, is slacking. So far, I’ve swum a maximum of 1300m (or 1200m, I sometimes loose track) and it takes about 45 minutes. I guess I need one of those clickers to count…

Oh, but wait—the Lake Swim is only 1450 meters, so if I can do something like 1700 m in the swimming pool, I should be well prepared to handle the currents.

So I went swimming on Wednesday, April 26 for the first time in ages! I had just bought some brand-new fog-free goggles to motivate myself. Unfortunately, got a huge leg cramp and didn’t even swim 1000 m…but I enjoyed every minute of it.

This goal, like my goal Run a 5k, was chosen to help me meet my exercise 3x a week goal. Also, I love to swim, and it’s something like to do anyway in the summer-I did it constantly as a kid. The course is 2000 m long and takes place on July 6, 2006-as long as the water temperature is 21°C/70°F. I also plan to do the Limmatschwimmen on August 26—it’s also about 2000 m but with the current it’s about half as long.