Bondi Swim

For the shortest day of the year and supposedly winter it wasn't a bad day at Bondi on Sat. Bit brisk out of the water early on but as the morning progressed it warmed up nicely and the wind that was around early disappeared. However in the water it was positively balmy at a scorching 19 degrees. Not so good for channel training but still good for those who aren't quite ready to give up swimming out with the fishes in the ocean.

There were 16 starters on the day, even if a few decided 7am was a bit early to start and came a bit later when the sun was up. The set hours to be done was 5 for which we had 6 finishers (Rach, Dori, Lawrence, Dan, Cyril and Lochie) Fi surprised herself by easily doing 4 1/2, Dean, Marty and David between 3 and 4, and the rest did at least 1 1/2. I was very surprised to find out it was David's first swim at Bondi. I don't know these people who live North who won't travel over the bridge :).

Special thanks for the day go to Elaine - Lawrence's wife and Corinna - Cyril's daughter for patrolling the water and keeping an eye on our swimmers in what were not ideal conditions out there. By the time we left and braved the traffic to head home the day was gorgeous and perfect to see the Wallabies wallop the French.