Al’s Swimming

Below are copies of the ratification documents you receive after completing the swim. It makes for interesting reading, especially when you recognise certain aspects to which they refer - the extra long swim stint and rejecting a feed are two such incidents that instantly spring to mind!

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First up is the certificate which is pretty self-explanatory.

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A summary sheet of the swim. This was partially completed at the beginning before I got in the water. The reality really started to kick in here, as I had seen it done on the relay and Steve’s swim. As the name suggests, it notes brief details of the swim including the observer’s and pilot’s name, my support crew, and the starting and finishing reference points.

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The swim charted from the pilot boat’s GPS measurements. You can see the significant effect the tide has when it changed direction.

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Schedule of feeds, including the amount given. I was satisfied with less than a minute for each feed. The one that took a minute and a half I was feeling extremely bloated. The electrolyte drink that I was given so fixed it! There are also measures of stroke rate, sea and wind conditions

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