Sweeties, Pies and Ginger

My new swimming kit that I ordered from Mailsports arrived this morning. The trunks I was using were starting to fall apart; all the elastane had rotted and they had gone all baggy. So I decided to order another pair as they were soon going to be un-wearable; they've also changed the colour and I quite like the red stitching. I also ordered a new pair of goggles as mine are past it, they fog up after about 25 metre and you can't see a thing.

I doubt this new kit will make me go any faster, but you never know. I managed 2700 metres in the pool yesterday morning before heading to work, but because I was feeling ropey on Monday and it's Easter Friday tomorrow, that's the only pool time I'll have this week. I really need to get the finger out and get there earlier as I'd like to raise the distance I'm doing to over 7500 metres a week.

One of my neighbours has mentioned a triathlon in Bedford that he's thinking of doing and he asked if I'd be up for it. Since we were down the pub and I'd had a few I said yes. Turns out it's a sprint/super sprint distance triathlon (400m swim, 20Km bike, 5km run); I've got no qualms about the distances of each involved, just how I'm going to get off the bike and start running. So we'll see what happens as this triathlon is part of a series; it might be more beneficial to do some cycling and running and do a triathlon later in the year.