We fly to Hawaii in 22 days.
Pre- swim brief happened with Captain Mike and the crew yesterday! Why? So that if we need to go as soon as we land, it's done!
The Crew!
Steve Corbett (Crew Captain on English Channel, Nth Channel, Cook Strait, Catalina Channel! (Yep! All 4!))
Peter Bocquet(Crew at English Channel, Nth Channel)
Joel Neeb(Crew at English Channel, Nth Channel)
What's different this time?
So so much!
I've completely rebuilt my swim stroke to accomadate a rough swim. I'm now bilateral( breathing on both sides).
Training has included significantly more milage (Up to 45km per week). We have also incorporated 2-3 gym sessions, 1 massage, and recently 1 physio session to address some overuse issues.
We have recruited @christiejohnson94 to build our nutrition strategy!
Although Molokai is only 42km from Oahu, we will fly to the island. The boat trip is taxing and rough.
The swim will start at ~6pm at night from Molokai. It will be a complete night swim...and some! 🙄. This gives us the calmest and coolest water.
Apparel- we will wear a thinner latex cap. We will wear a red light. (Box jellies can't see it)
There will only be red lights on the boat for the same reason.
We will NOT use Ocean Grease! Sorry Edward! It's animal fat based and is attractive to sea life!!! We will use Sudocreme, a chemical based nappy rash cream!
Vitamins. A ramp in Zinc, Mg and B. I've needed to address some stomach issues. Wound back the B a bit.
As part of my diet plan, today I did some weight data capture(as requested). Scary results! 60min swim, drank 600ml of carbs and still dropped 2kg! WTF! That's a gross loss of 2.6kg! How do I replace that?
MASSIVE!
Ramping nicely! I'll be wrapped in cotton wool out of the pool now.
This is a great story to follow. Good luck Callum
Sudocreme hahaha