Friday 18 May 2018

Extreme change to blog format today. Here are some early morning swimmers first up:

Ken looks different to his BB attendance photo

Another beautiful day for swimming when it was warmer inside the water than out

 

I have developed a super power. I photographed Gemma even though I did not know it was her birthday. How impressive is that? HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEMMA

 

 

 

This work group had an off-site at Manly last year and was so pleased to be in the blog that this year they came back to Manly for this year’s off-site. And for a swim of course.

 

Javier is going to try swimming with his phone today

Mark is one of the many swimmers doing the Bondi swim on Sunday. Good luck

Kerry’s second swim

Greta with Parker. He is going to swim soon

A team at the A team tree

An early swimmer who does not even need silicon skirts on his goggles because he swims so fast, the water can’t even get in

 

 

Christof was pretending to shiver at the thought of the swim

 

People reading the blog always like to see a dog photo  – this is a dog in dress up

 

Heaps of swimmers coming in for 7 am

 

at the point

I have just told Greg a joke. It was hilarious

Encounters with some early swimmers

Look at this excellent breathing

Look at Kerry’s goggles with very adjustable rear fasteners

 

 

 

Ian – a potential BB swimmer

 

 

In my quest for swim technique improvement:

Swim equipment – if you see me with these power bags on it is not because i have been entangled in fishing nets. It is swimming equipment that helps give you drag. Actually I can generate plenty of my own drag : http://www.swimmersbest.com/products/drag-gear-power-bags/

 

Also, swim sticks

 

 

What I have been reading

The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. Based on a true story. It is hard going because I know the way the situation turns out.

 

Management notices

 

Tim Slessor who is a long time B&B swimmer is competing in the Shitbox Rally again in two weeks. The aim is to buy a car for less than a grand and drive it, along with 200 others, from Brisbane it Darwin, OFF ROAD!!

Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.

Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.

Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.

Over $13 million has been raised by Box Rallies to date.

Please click on the link to donate to this worthy cause and thank you all.

https://donate18.shitboxrally.com.au/a-pom-and-a-kiwi

Julia Chalon, one of our swimmers has interviewed Julie Isbill, the B&B founder for a blog.  It’s very interesting and attached here;

https://www.thrivhers.com/meet-the-thrivhers/thrivher-interview-dr-julie-isbill