Sport	Swimming Race
Event	Midmar Mile
Date	11 February 2024
Where	Howick, South Africa
Distance	1.6 Km
Finishing Time	01:06:07
Race Number	4741
Result	1103/1133
Top %	97%
Pace	41:19 m/km
Speed	1.45 km/h
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My experience at the event:

I want to be honest. It sucked. I trained hard for almost 3 months, went for technique lessons, and it all seemed great until a week after a race. But the day of the race, after driving with my brother in law 5.30 hours to Howick, something just didn't click. The weather was shit, I felt heavy, and from the start I couldn't get a half decent rhythm, often losing the sight of the groups I was swiiming with and the final arrival line. The water was choppy but I swam in the past in worse waters. My final time was horrid, almost 15 minutes more from the time I was hoping for!

You can check my terrible time here: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/13909717330

Overall it was a very depressing drive back home, with a finishing medal that really didn't feel like any achievement was completed...


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