Author Archives: james

Swimming goggles, revisited

Posted on June 12, 2017 by james

Holidays over the summer mean I could do with a pair of goggles more suited to swimming outdoors in the sun than the clear ones that I prefer to wear in my usual pool. I’m fairly happy with the Finis … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 12th June 2017

Posted on June 12, 2017 by james

Plenty of time today, so I swam 2,500m front crawl and then switched to kick and pull for 500m, working on bilateral breathing. I’ve come to the conclusion that doing kick with a float and using a pull with my … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 9th June 2017

Posted on June 10, 2017 by james

Work prevented me from leaving on time for what is a short session on Fridays anyhow, so it was another front crawl only swim today. I reached 2,000m and decided that another four lengths might be pushing my luck a … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 8th June 2017

Posted on June 9, 2017 by james

I just planned to do a front crawl and kick swim today. There was definite tiredness in my arms and back from the 8,500m I’d already done this week, but once I’d got going it really wasn’t too bad and … Continue reading →

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Aqua Sphere Maddox Jammers, first impressions

Posted on June 7, 2017 by james

I bought a pair of these last week in a sale for the ridiculously cheap price of £7.99, as much out of curiosity as anything else — I needed some new pairs of jammers and I’d already bought a couple … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th June 2017

Posted on June 7, 2017 by james

There was a temptation today to have another go at swimming 3km, but after swimming a few lengths to warm up I could still feel the tiredness in my arms from the previous two days and I just knew it … Continue reading →

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Finis Bolt goggles, first impressions

Posted on June 6, 2017 by james

I swam 3km front crawl with these today for the first time. The goggles came fitted with a “medium” nosepiece and three spare nosepieces were included in small, medium and large sizes. I wasn’t sure about the medium so tried … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 6th June 2017

Posted on June 6, 2017 by james

In complete contrast to yesterday there were no more than four people in the pool during the entire time I swam today. I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do and I was still feeling a little tired … Continue reading →

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Apple iHal 9000

Posted on June 6, 2017 by james

I’ve just seen the piece about the launch of the HomePod on the BBC News site. Searching the net it appears that I’m not the only person who was immediately struck by the similarity to our favourite psychopathic artificial brain. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 5th June 2017

Posted on June 6, 2017 by james

First time swimming for ten days, which I do feel quite guilty about, not to mention a little frustrated because I’ll have lost a lot of the ground I made up last month on my target distance. I have been … Continue reading →

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