Monthly Archives: June 2021

Swimming, 22nd June 2021

I don’t know why, but today was an unexpectedly good day. I wasn’t planning on pushing things, but most of my 50m reps were 43s, with a couple of 42s and three or four 44s towards the end of the … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 21st June 2021

A harvest, at last 🙂 This evening for dinner we had beetroot tarte tatin, broccoli, baby carrots, broad beans, calabrese and sugar snap peas with all the veggies coming from the garden 🙂 Some of the broad beans were a … Continue reading

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Swimming, 21st June 2021

I’m going to stick with the 90s interval for this week and see how things go, probably moving back to the 85s interval next week. Today my 50m reps were almost all 44s, with one 45 and one 43. I … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 20th June 2021

I managed to earth up the potatoes today, but other jobs then got in the way of me doing much else. The only other garden-related thing I’ve done is emptying a pile of the remains of old beehive frames that … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 19th June 2021

Things seem to have slowed down in the veggie plot a bit, partly because I was ill for the best part of a week, but also because there doesn’t seem to be much to do. Many of the plants I … Continue reading

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Swimming, 18th June 2021

Final swim of the week and another small improvement, with mostly 45s 50m reps and mostly 18s 25m reps. I can be happy with that progress over the week, even if it’s taking somewhat longer for a full recovery than … Continue reading

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Swimming, 17th June 2021

Another small improvement today — I’m up to 46s for the 50m reps, though still working off the 90s interval. My 25m reps were a mix of 18s and 19s too. I can live with that for the time being.

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Swimming, 15th June 2021

Today was a little easier than yesterday though I still didn’t push things too hard, probably averaging around 48 seconds for my 50m reps. I was very tired afterwards though. Probably just as well that tomorrow is a rest day…

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Swimming, 14th June 2021

I finished my course of antibiotics today and I’ve been itching to go for a swim, so feeling much better I hurried off to the pool. That’s when I found out just how well I wasn’t 🙂 Bearing in mind … Continue reading

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No dig diary, 12th June 2021

Thanks to my lack of mobility over the last week I’ve not got much done in the veggie plot other than a bit of tidying up, so it was nice to get out today and sow some more calabrese and … Continue reading

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