Sea swimming this morning at Fistral beach. Lovely clean surf and a reasonable size for the surfers, Si included, at 4 feet plus. My swim outback was one I would dream of for Perranporth triathlon, with surf breaking to my right and left - but a clear path directly in front of me (*).
As I got out back I watched as Si caught a wave and swept down out of sight before reappearing on the lip and diving high off the board into the water behind the wave. Dive looked technically superb.
I swam for between 30-45 minutes and felt afterwards that I should have done more. Went for a 1/2 mile jog on the beach to loosen up/ try out aching limbs and sore ankle.
(Julie has a programme, Countryfile, that featured something called Gill Scrambling that looks fun and is now talking about mountain rescue and Julie for some reason felt I should pay attention to with 3 Peaks Race in mind...)
* = I have had one such Perranporth triathlon swim so wishing for another would be greedy - although I got to grips with understanding rips etc I could probably pick out clearer routes out back: a task for the summer with Si and Steve's help)
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