Brrrr… Do I really have to get in?
‘To lose one swimmer may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose 40 looks like carelessness.’ Ok, so they weren’t lost, but they certainly weren’t there. And when I started swimming I definitely wasn’t on my own.
I was at the first open water training session of the season from Swim For Tri at the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park. Venue of the 2012 Olympic open water marathon and home of the Serpentine Swimming Club, the Serpentine is an iconic swimming spot and an outdoor swimming oasis slap bang in the middle of central London. Swimming there on a summer evening as the sun sets below the bridge is a swimming highlight of my year. But where was everyone?