Monthly Archives: July 2017

Swimming, 31st July 2017

A very enjoyable swim today. Into the water and I was off on a 1,500m swim straight away. Now I can do that in under 30 minutes I really need to start looking at getting the tumble turns in. I … Continue reading

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And they still don’t…

Hoping that 9pm would be late enough for the bees not to be interested in leaving the hives I went out and started mowing again, only to find them pouring out onto the front faces of the hives almost immediately. … Continue reading

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Honey bees don’t like suede

Or so it would appear… This afternoon I’ve been mowing the grass where I walk into the apiary. I always wear my bee suit when I do this just in case, though I’ve never had a major issue with the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 28th July 2017

Something of a mix-up at the pool today as they’d changed the time of the assessments for the life guard training they’ve been doing this week, but neglected to tell anyone or update the website. We were eventually got it … Continue reading

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Swimming, 27th July 2017

A repeat of yesterday, but sadly in a cramped lane with too great a variation in swimmer speeds, making it quite difficult to build a rhythm 🙁 Total distance for the month: 53,500m Total distance for this year: 305,600m Distance … Continue reading

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Swimming, 26th July 2017

Beat the lifeguard trainees into the pool today and had most of my swimming done before they arrived. Really enjoyed the session, too. So much that having reached 3km of front crawl, kick and bilateral breathing practice I did a … Continue reading

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Swimming, 25th July 2017

Even more changes today as half the pool was taking up by people doing their NPLQ lifeguard training, so it was a bit cramped having to share the test with parents taking their children for a splash around. Still managed … Continue reading

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Swimming, 24th July 2017

Complete change of arrangements for the next couple of months as the pool has switched to the school holidays timetable. Fortunately for most of my session it was pretty empty, only getting busy quite near the end. It was fun, … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st July 2017

Fridays are usually shorter sessions and I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do, but after 20 lengths warming up one of the swimming club parents turned up to do some training on 50s, so I decided to … Continue reading

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Swimming, 20th July 2017

Pretty much a re-run of yesterday. Same sort of session, same distance covered 🙂 Total distance for the month: 39,400m Total distance for this year: 291,500m Distance compared to annual target: 8,900m ahead

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