Friday 25th March

No, I'm not dead.  Just a bit laid back about blogging when there's nothing to report.
The last set of tides (11th to 15th March) came and went with the wind in the Strait seldom dropping below 15 knots.  I am now one of three in the queue.

Next set of tides is 26th to 31st March and I'm told a Spanish woman is first up.  Looking at the 7 day forecast there's nothing likely to happen until the last 3 days.

My training now consists of a hard week (40+km  including a 6 hr swim) in the week after a missed set of tides then a taper to the next set.  Last week I did the beach series Tuesday, 3km Wednesday, 6hrs on Thursday, 3hrs Saturday and a 4km race with Hibiscus Tri club on Sunday (won it).

This weekend Saturday I will do the Mount Maunganui Ocean swim (unfortunately to be run in Pilot Bay because of the weather)   and then a series of 1 hr swims through the week while I psyche myself up for a possible Strait swim later in the week .

You will see from the chart 2 days ago that temperatures in the strait are a bit chilly at present but they have been fluctuating between 14 and 19 since my original set of tides in January and they should be up again next week with a bit of Northerly weather.

There are probably 2 more sets of tides before the Strait gets too cold.

Watch this space mid next week