Sunday, 29 October 2017

No two pools are ever the same!

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MY pool is being refurbished. Personally I was fine with the slightly tatty pool, although I prefer the term 'well loved', however...
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Friday, 20 October 2017

Cold Water Shock- making myself aware of the causes, symptoms and responses.

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I've recently decided that I'd like to continue swimming in the open water into the winter (not continually like Forrest Gump, ...
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Sunday, 15 October 2017

The joys of night swimming.

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This weekend's night swim marked the end of an amazing summer open water swimming season. It promised to be a great evening including s...
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Friday, 8 September 2017

Training plan for Windermere one way swim.

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Planning the training schedule for a 10.5 mile swim ought to be undertaken with at least a small degree of military precision based on a who...
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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...