The Big Optometry Blog looks forward to a summer of sport

Optician has presented its Awards, Optrafair is over and Easter is upon us, that can only mean one thing -- the next Optician sporting charity challenge gets underway.

The weather might still be debating whether it’s Winter or Spring but the sporting season has started (if it ever really finished) and this year a cycle and a triathlon are on the horizon.

One of the trickier training elements of triathlon is the swim. I’m not a big fan of pools so that means outdoor swimming in the Brockwell lido or at the Surrey Hills Adventure Company lake near Reigate. Both are unheated which is great for acclimatising to cold water but, with the best will in the world, I don’t get a lot of distance in.