Monthly Archives: May 2019

Swimming, 24th May 2019

I don’t know why I type this any more 😀 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down I felt quite tired today so I wasn’t sure how things would go. I certainly … Continue reading

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Swimming, 23 May 2019

And again… 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down A little better again today. First fail on rep fifteen, then things got a bit messed up, I think because I misread the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st May 2019

Getting a touch bored with this now, but I need to keep on. 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down A little better than yesterday. First fail on rep thirteen today, and … Continue reading

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Swimming, 20th May 2019

Keep going… 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down An improvement on last week today, this time failing on reps twelve and nineteen. USRPT distance this year: 123,900m Total distance this year: … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #72

The last week has mostly been one of flooring. I finished off the foam tiles around the last pier, taking a huge amount of time just to make sure I didn’t get things wrong and varnished the floor in the … Continue reading

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Swimming, 17th May 2019

And once more, with feeling… 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down I struggled today. I ended up swimming next to a one-man wave machine and I couldn’t really get settled in. … Continue reading

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Swimming, 16th May 2019

Here we go again: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down I could feel fatigue in my arms during my warm-up today. I didn’t think it was going to be a great … Continue reading

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Swimming, 14th May 2019

And once again… 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 70s 200m swim down Felt reasonably comfortable today and whilst I had one rep over 50s in the first five whilst I was finding the pace, … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #71

A little delayed, the foam floor tiles for the scope room arrived today. I couldn’t just leave them sitting there so I spent a good half hour just playing with arrangements to try to minimise the cuts around the piers. … Continue reading

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Building an observatory. Construction #70

Gorgeous day today, though it started a little chilly despite the sunshine. I mowed around the observatory and did some prep work for laying the foam tiles, and as suggested by other observatory builders used some off-cuts of EPDM to … Continue reading

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