Swim

We arrived only just in time for Daughter’s swimming lesson on Friday . . . which meant that I could jump straight into the roped off lane to put in some lengths. After the previous week, where I’d shown that distance doesn’t seem to be a problem for my shoulder, I decided to push the...
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Oh, please forgive me - too much time behind the wheel this week. I’ve had too much to do, and too little time. It’s included two days in my role as a stand-up rabble rouser (7 1/2 hours of briefing a company’s staff in groups of 5-9 on a new initiative kicking off in January),...
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This morning I was going to run with Shana, but she couldn’t make it, so I decided to go for a swim instead. I think my shoulder’s well and truly on the mend, so it’s time to start pushing the distance a little, and 1,000m seemed like a nice number to try. Not too...
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After Sunday’s spin class, I had a quick dip in the pool to cool off. Having first taken a shower, of course - it’s a pool, not a communal bath, after all. Then when I got home, it was back to shifting furniture in preparation for the carpet fitters on Monday. On Saturday, we’d made...
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Last week was BUSY. The work that I’ve been doing on our house for, oh, the last ten years is nearing completion, and like all good DIY jobs, is ending in a rush. Carpet fitters were coming, and everything needed getting ready. But work was also pretty busy too. We were running a workshop in...
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On Friday, while Daughter had her lesson, I put in a few lengths of the pool. I wanted to do two things to see how my shoulder is shaping up - swim 400m in a single go, and concentrate on breathing bilaterally. I’m fairly sure that there’s something in my stroke that’s putting too much...
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So this evening before her lesson, Daughter swam a complete length (25m) of the pool! More to the point, it took her three attempts, and she still went back for more ’till she’d got it done. I’m just so proud that she did it . . . and that she tried so hard to get...
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So clukasik posted an interesting question about the kickbike & kicksled, which got me thinking, and noodling around youtube to see if there was anything similar to see in action. Turns out that these two kickmobiles are only the sensible end of the lunatic fringe of cycling. First we have the bouncebike: Workout: Type: Swim Date: 10/12/2007 Time: 12:51:30 Total Time:...
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Last night was the regular Friday night swim for Karl’s daughter. An hour of play before her lesson and then some serious swimming whilst she has her class. The fun time was great - she can happily dive underwater now and doesn’t seem to have the fear which is something that is important for...
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So after the short strength training session, I dipped into the pool to cool down. 50m as a warm up, then an easy 400m, and another 50m to finish. It felt OK, but now my shoulder and neck are feeling a little odd again. I was going to start with the NE31 Tri Club’s swim...
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