A common question that I’ve been getting lately is “What’s next?”  This happens to be a very tough question to answer as I’m still reveling in the fact that I just successfully swam the English Channel.  However, inevitably I started asking myself the same question, so here is what I have planned.  For the next month, I will be working on rehabilitating my shoulder.  This means that I will have to take time off swimming or at least using my arms while swimming…lots of kicking sets.  Ugh even thinking about that makes me cringe as I’m a terrible kicker.    Then I will hopefully be able to register for the Manhattan Island swim.  This is a 28.5 mile race in July.  They allow 25 swimmers, 7 relays, and 6 corporate relays.  Registration opens on December 1st.  The other 2 swims for next season will be the Pennock Island Challenge and the Boston Light Marathon.  All of this depends on costs and whether I have the vacation time.

Oh I almost forgot I promised some of my good friends that I would participate in their sport of choice…running.  I think they caught me at a weak moment when I was delirious with hypothermia because I promised I would run in a 5K with them.  Now I know to most people a 5K run isn’t really that far, but for someone who doesn’t even run when chased…this might as well be a marathon.  For some reason I think that this could be as challenging as training for the Channel.  I can mentally swim through the pain barrier, but with running it isn’t the same.  I would rather stop than continue running.  These updates of my run training could be even more entertaining than my swim training.

PS. Still working on the photos from the swim.