Monthly Archives: October 2018

Swimming, 5th October 2018

Posted on October 5, 2018 by james

Missed my intended session yesterday as I didn’t have a car to get to the pool, but I went today to attempt a new set similar to the last but with a reduced rest interval: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #19

Posted on October 2, 2018 by james

The next step with the roof is to put some bracing across some of the joins, partly to strengthen them, but also to provide fixing points for the rest of the roof. I had some spare steel sheet to do … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 2nd October 2018

Posted on October 2, 2018 by james

A second attempt at yesterday’s set: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s 200m front crawl swim down There was definitely still some tiredness from yesterday and I went through a tough … Continue reading →

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Building an observatory. Construction #18

Posted on October 1, 2018 by james

A moment of truth now, when I try to put everything I’ve constructed piecemeal all together to form the entire roof. The first job was to take the two sides and get them set up parallel and square to each … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 1st October 2018

Posted on October 1, 2018 by james

Back to my USRPT sessions today, but given that I’ve been struggling a bit recently I decided I’d take a step back and build back up to the pace I was at in July. So, for today my session was: … Continue reading →

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