Toño and I also invited Ms.Mac, an ardent swimmer as well, to join us for the crossing. Because Ms.Mac has also to take care of her lovely family, the scheduled embarkment time of the Katalin Sharks was far too late. Toño had the brilliant idea, to swim twice, once will Ms.Mac and once with the Katalin sharks. One trip is only 1450 meters and with a break in between... My flu is still in its last stages (i.e. funny head like a bit tipsy and swollen lymph nodes), hence this was not an option for me.
So it came that Ms.Mac and Toño went already on the second batch. Ms.Mac biggest fear was to loose her lovely swimming cap. She desperately wanted a pink one, but they were reserved for minors. Despite her adorable juvenile skin we couldn't get one of those for her. Neither Toño nor I passed as her legal guardian.
Less than an hour later or 1450 meter further both emerged again from the scenic body of water in the heart of Zürich:
We had a quick bite (included in the starting fee), sent Ms.Mac back in the bosom of her family and returned to the other side of the lake.
Ungratefulness greeted us over there. Probably, somebody of the Katalin Sharks did not finish his or her plate on Tuesday evening. Dark clouds sneaked in from behind green hills. The Water Protection Police switched from green to red and stopped the party after just 4774 swimmers.
All we could do was to splash around in the littoral waters until the thunderstorm reached it and then escape from the downpour into a Greek restaurant.
The next chance will be on Wednesday, July 4, 2007. However, maybe we should try the Limmatschwimmen on August 26. It's 2000 m down the Limmat, the main river of Zürich.
4 comments:
Swim the limmat, as long as it's with the current and not against it. ;-)
I swam for 14 years. I also swam a bit in the area of Lenzberg while I was living/visiting there for a while. I loved doing that, but it's so different for me still.
I'd go if Vancouver and Zurich weren't so far apart! (It would probably get me back into swimming too.) I haven't really worked out in 6 years.
For some of our swim colleagues it was really like a coitus Interruptus, specially for two of them the Blond shark and the Lady shark (actually a couple), who were dreaming of the Seeueberquerung since months and then at the end it was stop before we could start, due to the storm warning.
Me I was once again lucky, since you have invited Ms.Mac to join us and because of your flu you were not able to join us and adapting myself to her special timing to do the swimming, well God has thanked me for being polite.
Many thanks for the excellent coaching and the wonderful pics you have taken. I felt so sorry for you because you could not participate, but the afterwards you were not the only one who could not swim.
Let us continue party all summer long...
2kms down river you say, that doesn't sound so difficult.....
Oh and thanks for cutting that picture so tactfully as well!
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