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Paddling to Poland: Fantastic Day!
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Saturday, August 15, 2009. I have so much to say today, what an amazing day! I am sure that I say this every time I write on this blog, but each day just keeps getting better. We were hoping to race the Italians today, but Pedro was unable to get in touch with them, I like to think they were just too scared to race us! We did 3 x 500m race pieces today and I must say “we were flying”! That means that he was working his butt off! Mind you only after the physio appointments that a few of us had. We decided...
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Paddling to Poland: Last Rowing Day in Italy
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009. Last Rowing Day in Italy. I must digress and talk about yesterday a bit more before I get on to today! But he liked them! As they would be doing over 2 hours and climbing one of the bigger hills here in the district. I think he was a bit hesitant and he took a lot of joking from everyone about him doing this ride. But at 10:30 am we waved them off. No one could tell us the extent of his injuries, but he had gone to hospital in an ambulance! His face is bruised and slightly swoll...
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Paddling to Poland: Eve of the A Final
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Saturday, August 29, 2009. Eve of the A Final. Well we have just had our last training row. All the hard work of the last 3 ½ months is about to come to a head! This is it…the A Final of the LTA4 at the World Rowing Championships. I still get goose bumps when I say it because I still don’t think that most of us really believe that we are here! There is nothing to lose in this race. We know that it will hurt like hell, but it is only just over 3 minutes of pain…then it is all over! Race Day - A Final.
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Paddling to Poland: Two Days in Poland
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Friday, August 21, 2009. Two Days in Poland. We arrived in Poznan, Poland yesterday around lunch time. It was a bit bizarre as we flew into Warsaw from Milan and then caught a connecting flight to Poznan with LOT airlines, the official airline of Poland. At no time did anyone ask for our passport or did we go through customs! Just think what we could have brought into the country! Oh well we were superstars for a moment (at least in our own brains! This is one of the nicer apartment complexes. We had a p...
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OG Attempts the English Channel: August 2010
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OG Attempts the English Channel. A 57 year-old man decides to swim the English Channel solo. This is the log of the attempt. Have You Gained Weight? Common wisdom proclaims that people with a higher body mass index are more impervious to the effects of cold water. In our weight-obsessed society, this topic generates vociferous discussion. A very amusing example is the furor aroused when a gentleman posted a query. According to three studies published in the New England Journal of Medicine. When activated...
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OG Attempts the English Channel: How Old Are You?
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OG Attempts the English Channel. A 57 year-old man decides to swim the English Channel solo. This is the log of the attempt. How Old Are You? Today is my birthday and we're flying to England. If I succeed in the attempt to swim the. I will be fifty-eight years old and the oldest member of the Dolphin Club to do so. When I was in my twenty’s, fifty-eight seemed inconceivably ancient for a human being. Fittingly, my sense of scale was stunted in the other direction as well. John Selmer successfully swam the.
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OG Attempts the English Channel: December 2009
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OG Attempts the English Channel. A 57 year-old man decides to swim the English Channel solo. This is the log of the attempt. I have around 25,000 yards of catch-up drill under my TYR now. Coach Val. He also took me through a brief equipment checklist. “What goggles you use in Channel? 8221; I pointed to the ones on my head. “No allergy? 8221; he asked. I shook my head. “No fogging? 8221; I shook my head. “No leaking? Links to this post. The Polar Bear Challenge. Since its inception, earning a “pola...
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Paddling to Poland: Sad Day
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009. Today I received a text message from my sister telling me that my beautiful cousin Marg-Rheta had passed away. She fought an amazing fight with cancer this year. Only being diagnosed in January this year she truly believed that she would get through this horrible, nasty disease. I will take her strength and perseverance with me. There will not be 5 of us in the boat, her strength will travel with me and we will have 6 in the boat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 2 days to ...
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Paddling to Poland: Capped Race Piece Day
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Friday, August 14, 2009. Capped Race Piece Day. Just wanted to share a quick note with everyone at home. We are starting to get acclimatised to the heat here, although the humidity is a different kettle of fish! We had to do 2 race pieces today but with capped ratings of 20 and 22. When we headed out on the course the heat was just about 30 degrees but with two water bottles, a wet hat and semi wet zootie I figured I would be alright! Our first piece was AWESOME! This afternoon, I must say, was the most ...
