I swam for just under 1500 meters.
Lovely swim actually. Cold feet, hands and face but my body was fine.
Positioned myself just beyond the surfers and swam adjacent to the shore
Enjoyed riding the waves on the way back in
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It was miles off anyway 
Did you get in?
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Yes! Loved it. Just been lying on the beach and digging holes with the boys!
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Went in lane 3 at Lido today, top lane was going slower, full of Type A mamils who can’t swim. Was a lovely day for it. 1500m avg pace 1.31 , but think garmin added a couple of lengths as there were a few 1min + lengths doin Br, Bk, and kick. The 50 free all 44-48 though, not bad considering I’ve swum a handful of times in the past year, and I didn’t push it. Its a slow pool also #excusesinearly
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I’m there now with real swimmers 
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That Swiss pool looks lush 
Easy one for me today, busy Lane, mind is devoid of ideas, so repeated last weeks 8 x 200m with toys.
Was debating an easier 4 x 400m, but I’m booked in at the lake tomorrow, where I’m aiming for 3 x 750m, temperature depending.
If it’s Baltic, there’s a 400m loop to do instead.
8 * 200m all easy as;
Free, paddle, pull, pull and paddles.
Repeat.
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@Hammerer - Can we ban @funkster from this thread only?
He’s only just gone and done 5km pull and paddles at 1:35/100m.
You know, you can go off someone real quick 
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He’s in a 25m pool with Garmin set to 50m. That’s the only explanation 
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I could do that speed with paddles only, not with a buoy as well.
And I definitely couldn’t do it for 500m at the minute 
You seem to be on fine form, in all disciplines, that KQ seems realistic to me 
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I think the KQ is still a stretch goal.
Got a lot of work to do in the next 16 weeks and have nothing go wrong
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Fork!!!
You are right - WOW!
Things have changed since I last looked 
2019 Hamburg KQ 5 Slots M45-49
1st Place 8:56:36
Last qualifier 9:14:26
So you’ve another 20-30 minutes to find 
If you don’t bike and run, you’re cheating.
Are you running a class or just in the pool?
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El nino Ojays club session so just watching! Im there a few evenings (as well as other pools they use 
). They don’t allow club and public to mix in pool anymore so cant swim whilst he does like I used to!
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Frankfurt has a few more slots, 10+
2018 (so not a scorcher) but the extra 5km bike
1st (2nd in AG) - 9:16
13th (18th in AG) - 9:59
2019 with the heat last slot was 10:10
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Ah, my German is now terrible
Well that seems far more achievable for you, you’ve done well under the last slot time, so just gotta turn up and hope.
A buoy slows you…? 
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Yup! Mahoosively.
Easy pace is;
1:38/100m free
1:35/100m paddles
1:45/100m pull buoy