„I’M ON THE PLANE BACK HOME FROM HONG KONG RIGHT NOW AND I’M STILL TOTALLY IMPRESSED BY THIS WEEKEND.“
A great side effect of open water swimming is the fact that the challenges take place all over the world. For the first time in my life, I was able to visit the metropolis of Hong Kong. I competed in two races. First, in the “Clean Half” race over a distance of 15 km, having to fight extremely high waves, strong currents and a high water temperature of 29 degrees Celsius. I still managed to finish fifth among the women with a time of 4 hours, 49 minutes and 3 seconds and was very happy about that. Just one day later, I went to the start of the well-known “New World Harbour Race 2014” with around 2,000 participants. The participants swim from “Stanley Main Beach” 1.5 km across the bay to “Deep Water Bay”. It was a very special feeling to swim in front of the Hong Kong skyline – a really impressive scenery. Due to my good result the day before, I was able to swim quite liberated and enjoy the many impressions. This gave me such a boost that I was able to take third place in the women’s individual classification at the end.
