Archive for February, 2008

Well here’s one way to get everyone swimming a little faster! But that’s not what I did on Friday, though it was tempting for a while. No, while I was off skiing with Daughter, my order from Swimshop.co.uk had arrived in the post - a kickboard (oh, deep joy!), a pullbuoy (I can hardly contain...
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Wooo wooo wooo! Despite the delays with EasyJet, getting lost on our way out of Geneva, and generally not having had enough sleep, we got to go skiing last Sunday! Daughter had a private 1:1 lesson with the excellent Sally from the Snow Institute (HIGHLY recommended if you’re staying in Morzine) on Sunday afternoon, and...
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Spring is just around the corner, which means mileage - heading out into the great outdoors for long, long rides, and not quite so long runs. The trouble is that I don’t usually carry any ID, so if I were to be in a serious accident . . . well, let’s just say that...
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No? Are you sure? A taxi picking you up at 03:50 (to quote Robin Williams - the “0″ is there ‘cos Oh my God, it’s early!), two hours hanging around an airport, a flight to Geneva, another hour waiting, and then a 45 minute drive up to Morzine, and skiing by lunch tme? No? Oh, I’ve...
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I’ve given up my gym membership! I originally signed up because I needed to be a member for Daughter to have her swimming lessons there with Swimtime (HIGHLY recommended), but they’ve now relaxed this rule, and I don’t have to be a member. I figured that I’m getting two good swim workouts a week...
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Oops! And I said that I wouldn’t - not this year anyway. But there you go - that’s another New Year’s Resolution busted. Or is it? This isn’t my usual sort of bike. It’s got 700 x 35 wheels, a rack at the back AND one on the front to take a basket, a Nexus...
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OK, so if you live in a real live (or even deep frozen) continental climate, you’ll justifiably look down your nose at this . . . I mean, us maritime climate inhabitants are such wimps, aren’t we? It was COLD yesterday morning. I mean full-on, “Why didn’t I put on another couple of layers” cold....
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So Monday was my first full session at the Tri club, out of the learners’ lane and swimming with the big kids. It was 50 minutes of slow drowning - like someone was killing me softly, and just wanted me to stop struggling. I think the trouble was it was an everything but the...
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Last night, Wife & I went out to dinner in Tynemouth. We ate at Sidney’s, a restaurant which has changed hands in the last few years since we were last there (and somewhat underwhelmed), and had a great night out. Rather too great, in fact, and I drank more than my weedy body could properly...
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Not much to say - a few 150m repeats, a little giving the other swimmers in the lane half a length’s start & seeing if I could catch ‘em inside two lengths, and a little easy swimming to see if I could do an easy pace which would keep me going forever. Workout: Type: Swim Date: 02/15/2008 Total...
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