Swim

After yesterday’s cycling in the rain, I thought I may have been wet enough. I was also a little sore, having spend four hours on Wednesday on standing on top of a ladder stripping artex from the plaster moulding around the edge of one of our ceilings (the late 70’s / early 80’s has...
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My Daughter had her swimming lesson this afternoon, so while she was doing her thing, I practiced some of the stuff from the swim session on Thursday night with the NE31 Tri club. I did a bunch of 50 & 100m drills, focusing on keeping the drumbeat of my stroke going to cut down...
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I’m not one of life’s “joiners”. There’s something about organised clubs that just turns me off. Maybe it’s the fact that I can never remember anyone’s name, or the vague feeling that I’m going to be found out as just “winging it”, but for some reason me and clubs don’t seem to go together. But...
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So if I’m going to raise my game I’ve got to learn to swim. Like you haven’t heard that before! Last night, I went to the NE31 Tri club’s Monday evening session at Hebburn baths. Hey, guess what? These guys can really swim. As it was my first session, I got in for free, and...
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