ok post 2.
So my swimming is crap now i live on a lovelly island with ample open water i´m trying me best to improve but im struggling to measure distance and pace in the sea as it doesnt have any handy lanes to follow with a wall every 25 metres.
Any suggestions on a good open water swim training plan that doesnt involve having to pay for to much shiny GPS stuff.
Also i´m suffering with some serious next day achey legs when i was in the UK earning money I was gonna splash out on some nice shiny 2xu compression tights however now the old money is a bit tighter could anyone recommend a decent brand of compression tights that are not soo expensive, O yeah do you recommend training in them or just for recovery.
Last thing if i can get my arse into gear with the swimming I´m hoping to go for a half IM however i have been told by a couple of people that doing a half could seriously put me off going on to a full IM . beings that after knocking my arse out though the half the idea of doing twice as much might finish me off before I even get to the start lione of a full IM.
So my learned brothers and sisters of the BCTTT can you put my mind at rest about doing the Half IM distance or are you all gonna call me a big fat pansy and tell me to go straight to the mother load and do the full IM.
thanks people
Mat