The longest swim

6km non stop. I wanted to do 6.5 in the pool yesterday, but time was running out. 6.5km is exactly the distacnce for the Pulau Kapas Swimathon on 13th April.

I could swim fast and strong in the first 2km, but was reduced after that. Muscle fatigue set in, and I was just cruising along. Tried to stave boredom off by playing the Duffy Mercy song in my head. Hey, if you could synch with the "yeah yeah yea" part, with the swinging of your hands, you could actually swim faster.



After 4km, it's uncharted territory. There's one dude, at the end of the pool, who seemed to have a disbelief look at this face. I could only guess "does this guy runs on energizer batteries?". I used to have that thinking 2 years ago, when I could hardly swim a few laps continously. There was this 50+ year old man, who kept on belting lap after lap, with hardly a difficulty, and I was thinking, here I am, years younger, and gasping for air every few strokes.

Now, I could properly stroke the water strongly in the early laps, but after 4km, it's a good idea to paddle slower, because with fatigue, you can't really properly place every stroke efficiently.

With 50 meters to go, I thought to myself, that I can now confidently challenge pulau kapas. Nevermind the fact there's rolling waves, side currents, salt water, sea lice, jelly fishes. It would be fun.

I hope.

Time: 2:13:20