British Swimming Masters Championships 2023
“Are you racing at the weekend?” asked the Head Coach as I plodded along with a kickboard during my swim down on Wednesday morning. I’m sure he regretted asking – when I proceeded to rattle off a million reasons that I wasn’t sure it was a good idea, how I’ve not entered events I’m particularly keen on, not trained as much as I’d like, that I’m top of my age group and have a hospital appointment in London on Friday morning which meant I might not make it up to Sheffield in time for the 100 back early afternoon. Excuses out of the way I started to pack. I’ve previously written about the faff of packing now I’m a bit older and this occasion was absolutely no exception! I sent a message to my team mates WhatsApp group to seek reassurance that it wasn’t just me that now simply cannot travel without far more than just swim kit alone. I first declared myself ‘old’ when I realised I could no longer travel without my own cafetie