Cliff's a Swimmer

Last weekend Cliff Brown competed in the Great Scottish Swim against approximately 800 other swimmers and performed commendably well. His finishing position was 134th but in his Over 50 Category he was seventh. Good stuff, Cliff. The time was 33:30 for the mile distance: I remember Frank MacKay who was a very good runner (he decamped to Vicky Park at one time but saw the light and returned) saying that he was training hard at swimming and going for 25 minutes for the mile. That was doing a mile in a swimming pool on his own. Clif started with a group of 200 swimmers and it must have been as he says like swimming in a washing machine with the water churning up all around him. Never mind Cliff - you have plenty sharp elbows to make space for yourself. Like all endurance events you need some specific training and racing and with more of the same he might get that 25 minutes that Frank was looking for. More power to your elbow and roll on the next triathlon.