Zip up! It’s a very cold and windy morning…..
Chris ‘n Krys: Why suffer when you don’t have to?
Sylvia: Haven’t missed a winter swim yet!
Lexie: It’s warm!
Lips: My daughter thinks I look cool too!
Sky: Shows my best points!
007: Keeps my tuxedo dry when gate-crashing from the sea
AVOIDS:
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The Stats
Regulars: Yes
Newbies: Probably
Temp: COLD
Sunrise: Yes
Sunset: Good chance
Fish harassed in writing this blog: None!
Pragmatists vs Purists: Pragmatists in the lead!
(Sprout Daily evidence)
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Bottom of the Blog – the very useful stuff
Got something to say?
Well if you want to (LSA: or don’t want to, but can be bullied into it!) give wings or fins to your creative side – join the B&B blog team. See Ian, JK or Mary after the swim.
B&B Swim School
Join Pacific Jules coaches Warren and Sarah Anne for an hour in the ocean and learn to swim with less fight and more flow! This one hour session will focus on getting you to feel your body position in the water, understand how this affects your efficiency and teach you how to swim with more ease. This technique naturally builds endurance and speed.
When : Saturday 26th July 9:30-10:30am
Cost : $25
Location : Shelly Beach
Open to everyone and all abilities welcome.
What to bring: swim suit, cap, goggles, wetsuit compulsory, water and money for a hot cuppa afterwards!
Contact Sarah Anne at info@pacificjules.com.au to book your place
Week 8 of the Winter Badge season.
There are 14 weeks in the winter season. To qualify for the prized Cold & Bold Badge you simply need to swim 20 times within the season ensuring you have swum in a minimum of 7 different weeks. So, attempting to do it all in the first few weeks does not count!! Make sure you use the i-Log to register your without wetsuit for the WWW badge.
B&B i-Log
The B&B i-Log is the best way to capture your swims!! Log your swim ANYTIME of day using this really efficient and easy way to ensure your swim is recorded in the daily attendance and on the Pacific Challenge.. To get started, send an email to Ian Forster ugoboyo@gmail.com (This is not a link so please copy and paste into your email). He will check that your email address is activated on the attendance register then send you info on how to get started.
Staying safe
There may not be any waves just at the moment, but are you prepared for their return? Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here.
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24 comments
Simon
19/07/2014 at 8:55 am
The Z Force1.0 Zootsuit has it all
Speed protection warmth
Gillian
19/07/2014 at 8:56 am
Cold. Plenty of space in the women’s change room today. Luxury.
ros
19/07/2014 at 9:32 am
Still under my doona. Shame!
Stuff that dreams are made of
19/07/2014 at 9:39 am
Yep heaps of room. Just me and the girls.
Stuff that dreams are made of
19/07/2014 at 9:40 am
Oh Rozzzzzzzzz……….
Stuff that dreams are made of
19/07/2014 at 9:40 am
🙂
Lips
19/07/2014 at 10:05 am
Love your blog Sarah!
I particularly enjoyed not having to look at JK & Robbie in speedos.
Simon
19/07/2014 at 10:14 am
A great first blog Sarah! May there be many more.
LSA aka HKTQ
19/07/2014 at 10:20 am
Air temp: 10 c
Water: 16.4 c
Actually, lovely swimming….just the getting in and out that were freezing. It was so lovely to be able to relax and enjoy the swim and brekkie, having posted the blog at 6 a.m.:-)
Thanks Bruce and Fifi for keeping me company in the waves…..
Margot
19/07/2014 at 10:31 am
Nice blog Sarah. Even though I had to make do with swimming at Springwood Aquatic Centre this morning, I tried to imagine I was at Manly…..the black line was seaweed, the splashing from the dorky swim squad was the swell, and the warm bits were sunny spots on the ocean. Sad really. Have fun….. love from the Blue Mountains.
LSA aka HKTQ
19/07/2014 at 10:58 am
Thx Margot! Love your swim account – you’d make a great blogger:-)
Hope you can make it down for a B&B swim soon….
Mary
19/07/2014 at 11:02 am
Bad Ros!!! Such a fun morning in the water as we all played find the warm patch. Plus sooo much room in the change room for a Saturday.
Jo
19/07/2014 at 11:17 am
Blogging gold Sarah!
Lesbubbles
19/07/2014 at 11:30 am
I’ll get you for that photo LSA!!!
Tayls
19/07/2014 at 11:33 am
great blog LSA. I think James B & Jonathon have soooo much in common…you lucky girl you !
hingle@optusnet.com.au
19/07/2014 at 11:37 am
Great blog Sarah so glad we got a swim in before the mad rush of Saturday soccer as I woke Cam up for his matches!
Stuff that dreams are made of
19/07/2014 at 11:46 am
I think you look kinda sexy! Xx
Anna McBold
19/07/2014 at 11:55 am
Well done Sarah! You know you’re REALLY bold and beautiful when you do a blog. Advanced Boldness.
Where can I get one of those thigh straps? Could come in handy for all sorts of situations.
LSA aka HKTQ
19/07/2014 at 12:00 pm
Thx Hilary and everyone! Glad the soccer woke Cam up as the cold swim to Shelly and back and the surf didn’t quite do it:)
LSA aka HKTQ
19/07/2014 at 12:05 pm
Special thanks to you, Simon, for patiently coming round to my place and training me on my phone & computer, starting with: This is how you hold your phone to take a pic!
LSA aka HKTQ
19/07/2014 at 12:08 pm
You’re a natural Super Bold…. looking forward to your blog already – I’ve shown it can be done from under the doona!
As for the straps, ask Sky….. she really promised me that this was her mug shot:-)
ed
19/07/2014 at 1:18 pm
Well when I woke up late and looked at my watch did not believe the time – so looked at my phone and the blog was there !!!! at 6:29 am
I had to look at it and it reinforced that I needed to get down there
There was a double promo on
A Lara Croft lookalike and Libido Girl
Cold – what cold the promo worked
Top that tomorrow Sara
Very uplifting when you are half-asleep and half decided
And then Rainer tried that old Malcolm Fraser ploy to top it off- left his pants “somewhere”
Mary
19/07/2014 at 1:20 pm
Such an early blog Sarah! One swimmer said that he saw Sky’s photo on the blog and just had to get out of bed to see if she was going to be swimming today. . .
Elizabeth
19/07/2014 at 2:11 pm
Very excellent blog Sarah! Cold swim. And some big waves. Yikes