The Mekong River is the world’s 12th longest river. Starting in China, it passes through Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam before finally dumping into the ocean. Last Sunday I decided to swim a piddling part of it, 600 metres to be precise out of its total length of 4,350 kilometres. The Mekong River Swim … Continue reading The Murky Mekong River Swim
There’s not much that will get me up early on a weekend morning. So I was slightly shocked when I voluntarily rolled myself out of bed on Saturday before 7am. 30 minutes later, I was at the swimming pool. I had signed up for a month’s worth of swimming lessons, courtesy of No Shortcuts Training. … Continue reading Getting fitter and faster in the pool