Author Archives: james

Swimming, 6th February 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by james

Last Sunday was usually busy in the fast lane compared with most. Today I had it to myself 🙂 My body still appears to be adjusting to the shock of dropping my interval time. Performance was better than last time … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 3rd February 2022

Posted on February 3, 2022 by james

I missed out on swimming yesterday as we had an engineer visiting to fix our phone lines (which includes our ADSL internet connection). Largely a waste of time, it would appear, as he left us in no better a situation … Continue reading →

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Swimming drills — “Catchup” considered harmful

Posted on February 1, 2022 by james

Or at best, useless… I’m doing some coaching again and giving thought to helpful drills for the swimmers to improve their technique, but it’s given me pause for thought over what drills actually achieve and how much that’s consistent with … Continue reading →

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The Solar Greenhouse project begins!

Posted on February 1, 2022 by james

I’m actually expecting it to take somewhat longer to get this one off the ground, but over the weekend I picked up the first component for this project. The idea is to build a greenhouse that will stay warmer than … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 31st January 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by james

Well, what a difference a day makes… I can’t honestly claim I was really feeling up for it today, but I just got in the pool, got on with my 50m reps and kept getting below my target time. Even … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 30th January 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by james

I really didn’t know what to expect today. Recent performances have rarely been good and I’d spent the weekend doing fairly physical stuff around the property. As it happened, my 50m reps weren’t too bad. The lane was quite busy … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 27th January 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by james

Ok, perhaps I posted too soon 🙁 Today wasn’t so good and I felt as though I was fighting for speed much of the time. I had several failures in both my 50m and 25m reps. No idea why it’s … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 26th January 2022

Posted on January 31, 2022 by james

Today felt much improved over my recent swims, being mostly back on the pace I had before Christmas. Hopefully this bodes well for the next session and I can start to put this period of poor performance behind me.

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Swimming, 24th January 2022

Posted on January 24, 2022 by james

Well, I wimped out yesterday as for some reason I was feeling very tired, but I couldn’t do that two days in a row. The pool was not at all warm today. I really hope they get the new boilers … Continue reading →

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How not to cut down a tree…

Posted on January 20, 2022 by james

I’ve been removing some sycamore branches that were overhanging the veggie plot from one of our hedgerows which hasn’t been too much of a chore thanks the pole saw, but one trunk had grown out at an angle over the … Continue reading →

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