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For years I have been attracted by the September “Sea Party”, i.e. swimming with dolphins in Poreč on the Istria peninsula, a place frequented by many Hungarians. This year I decided to see what it was like – so I increased the number of sea races in 2016 to three.
Poreč is 570 km from Budapest, so it seemed logical to share the “carriage” with our friends. Finally, two swimmers from Debrecen, Stella and David, came with us, so the passenger compartment of the old Saab was full.
We set out on Friday morning and arrived in Poreč in the afternoon without any particular problems. The town is beautiful and I was impressed by the characteristic light brown shiny street stones (I also saw them in Rovinj). The wandering among the shops and restaurants lasted until late in the evening and of course I also tried the local typical drinks, so my partner and I arrived at the apartment again in a very happy state.
Getting up in the morning was not easy, but fortunately, the queue was reported to be long, so I was not in a hurry. However, around ten o’clock I walked out of the room and walked to the beach. The check-in process was smooth, and the doctor was kind enough not to notice that she could not press the armband hard enough to suppress my pulse, so I could start “rounds”.
Oddly, everyone had “stepped down” by this time, so I started swimming in a completely windy venue. I had no idea where to go, and I hadn’t even looked at a route map, so I swam behind people jogging in the distance in pleasantly (almost too) warm water. As time went on, I discovered that there was a rope stretched out marking the route, so later I tried to follow it all the way to the town, then along the coast, in the direction of the island, where the 1500m swim ended. (Of course, this was something I only realized later.)
At one and a half kilometers in, I asked for fresh water from the boat (hangover is king) and set off along the rope towards the three-kilometer boat, now above the “endless” body of deep blue water. The rope had unexpectedly “disappeared”, so the buoy was practically the only compass I could follow. Suddenly, the rope emerged from the depths again, and I began to overtake other swimmers. It was denser here, and it was obvious that the larger group had started earlier and they were catching up with me.
I saw several rather large jellyfish below, and the surface was covered with grass. The wind had also picked up, creating moderate chop, but this did not particularly bother me, I swam well towards the boat and, after a sharp turn, I set off in the direction of my start. The rope disappeared again, but returned a moment later. At this stage it looked like I was going faster, probably some kind of current helping me. As the end approached I picked up the pace and finally stopped the watch after the climb: my time was 1:26:36 (which was my official time, by the way), which I felt was a bit excessive for this 5000m, I did not expect me to be that fast. Maybe the course was shorter this year, as several familiar swimmers swam better than they expected.
Several people took advantage of the easy entry procedure (and the cheap entry fee – about 2,000 HUF) and swam this distance twice, but I would rather not try this distance again. I was happy that my arms didn’t hurt as much as before and the whole swim was enjoyable. I didn’t want to ruin it with a “worse” round.
We continued the day where we left off yesterday, except we hit a rather bad restaurant and I didn’t drink as much because unlike swimming, driving with a hangover is not very good. Of course, my place will still be here next year and I’m strongly considering completing 2 times the distance.
My “promise” fulfillment rate in the experience detachment is 76%, and the subsidy rate is 66%. Donate HUF 10,000 to sick childrenso the latter indicator also climbed to 76! Thank you!
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