Birthday swimming - the future?

26 today. Sigh.

Anyway, hauled myself over to Richard Dunns at lunchtime for swimming. Didn't start very well, my goggles started leaking almost instantly, and after two lengths the strap came off completely. Gngh. Fixed it in a makeshift fashion, and then managed to meet the first of my end-of-2008 goals by swimming 300m in under 7 minutes (6:45 to be precise). Finished off the session with those somersault turn thingies, which I really need to get the hang of the breathing of, else I'll probably die.

Wrapped the whole thing, including grabbing dinner, up in an hour, heroically. Officially the best thing ever.

Until I opened my birthday present, anyway, lovely lovely tri-bars. I forsee about 4 months of adjusting the positions, roughly up until I get my new bike and get an adult to set them up right. At the very least, however, I expect a placebo effect. And, frankly, that'll do.


(PS. I will get an avatar sorted, honest. It's just that I've had pizza and chips for tea, and it's rather sapping my stamina...)