Morning Run and Swim

The morning was warm, but rainy, seriously tipping down, puddles everywhere.

On the program was a run and swim session. We were told to show up in jogging suits or tracksuit, with proper running shoes. No rainwear.

I wore a hooded jogging suit over T-shirt and shorts, knee high socks and comfy old running shoes

The plan was to go for a 600m run around the lake, back into the showers to clean up, and into the pool for a 300m swim.

Oh yes, we had to keep our clothes on for the whole event, except for the muddy shoes which were not allowed in the pool.

Start Wet Or Dry

The instructor said we could start the run dry, which is easier, or in wet clothes, which is harder. About half the group decided to start wet, me too.

We headed for the showers by the pool to get our clothes soaking wet and heavy, shoes, socks and all. I put my hood up and stepped into the shower. Wow, this felt good as the water soaked my jogging suit.

Then we headed towards the lake. Running it wet clothes was quite challenging. My somewhat baggy jogging suit was slopping about as I ran around the lake.

Shortcut

Halfway around the lake the instructor stopped us at a sandy beach.

"You've got two choices," he said, "run around the rest of the lake, or take the shortcut by swimming across the lake at this narrow bit."

Easy choice, we're swimmers after all. One by one we ran along the wooden jetty and jumped into the lake. Swimming in jogging clothes with socks and shoes was hard, but great fun.

Into the Pool

After we got out of the lake we slopped back to showers, took the shoes off and jumped into the warm pool for the 300m swim. This was easier than crossing the lake because we had no shoes on, only socks.

After all that I was totally exhausted, but felt great. We splashed around for a good while until the breakfast buffet was opened on poolside.

Too hungry to change into dry kit, we all sat down for breakfast in our dripping wet jogging suits. What a lifestyle!