Tuesday, 29 August 2017

We did it! We swam the length of Windermere!

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Finally, after 2 cafe stops for coffee and scones (it's not even a two hour drive, but frightened of not eating enou gh carbs), Shark a...
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Friday, 18 August 2017

Final preparations for Windermere

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The last twenty weeks have been pretty much full with non-stop swimming/training/ driving to venues etcetera, and so with one week to go ti...
Wednesday, 16 August 2017

Ditching my wetsuit for a skins swim...

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I'd not been off the plane for ten minutes when a friend (and fellow swimmer) Claire called me to ask if I would be able to meet her th...
Sunday, 30 July 2017

Swimming solo without my buddy...

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I still cannot believe that Shark has the audacity to go on a family holiday, leaving me to open water swim alone... I tell her the reason ...
Friday, 14 July 2017

Learning the hard way the importance of a pre swim warm up...

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Having the wettest June since records began in 1910 has meant that temperatures in some of the lakes I swim in has been cooler than is usua...
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Saturday, 6 May 2017

Nutrition planning for Windermere

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The first race (running) that I ever won in my early teens I attributed to the Mars Bar (my chocolate bar of choice back then) my Dad gave ...
Sunday, 9 April 2017

The Importance of Rest Days.

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It's 7:24 on a Sunday morning and I'm still in bed having a lie in. Not much of one since I'm wide awake and forcing myself to ...
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