Author Archives: james

Swimming drills — front crawl “slap”?!

Posted on February 14, 2022 by james

Whilst I was getting my breath back after finishing my session today I was reading through the session written up on a white board for the triathlon training session immediately afterwards. Not only did it include lengths of pointless “catch … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 14th February 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by james

Another awkward day with slower swimmers in the fast lane, though not as bad as yesterday. I did however still have to abandon tumble turns on a number of occasions and that showed in the times. It’s a difficult call. … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 13th February 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by james

It was a bit of a nightmare session today 🙁 I think there were at least seven swimmers including myself in the fast lane, some of them not really going very fast at all and one swimming breaststroke with an … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 13th February 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by james

More sowing today. This time it’s aubergines, parsley and radishes, the latter sown six seeds to a module tray cell. The aubergines and parsley are in the propagator, the latter just because there happened to be room. Whilst I was … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 12th February 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by james

Today was pepper-sowing day, both sweet peppers and chiles. In the main they’re the same varieties that I sowed last year and am hoping will survive the winter in the polytunnel (jalapeno and cayenne chiles, yellow and red Corno di … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 10th February 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 by james

Sadly I wasn’t surprised when I arrived at the pool today to find that the heating system had broken down again 🙁 The pool temperature had dropped to 27.3°C and was continuing to fall which felt a touch bracing… Nonetheless, … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 9th February 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 by james

Another pleasing day at the pool today, at least as far as the 50m reps went. My target time is currently 43s (or perhaps really 42.99s, as I’d count 43s as a fail) and today I managed: 42.93, 43.25, 42.06, … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 9th February 2022

Posted on February 10, 2022 by james

More seed sowing this morning… Firstly spinach. I have seed for two varieties, Medania and Missouri. I seem to struggle growing spinach for some reason, but we eat a reasonable amount of spinach and it seems worth sticking at, so … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 8th February 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by james

It’s odd looking back at my plans for last year seeing that I sowed broad beans on 5th February having intended to do so somewhat earlier to find that I’m in exactly the same position this year 🙂 Today however … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 7th February 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by james

Well, what a difference a day makes! Somehow today I found it pretty much impossible to swim my 50m set slowly. It wasn’t perfect as the lane was fairly busy and I had a couple of slow reps where I … Continue reading →

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