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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): February 2013
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Wednesday, 6 February 2013. This is it, 2013 is finally here. almost 2 and a half years since I booked my Channel slot. I can’t believe my swim is actually this. Year, it feels so close, but so far away at the same time. Mainly when I am in the pool struggling to get through a set, feeling tired and lethargic. A bit of a mental roller coaster for sure. I do this...
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): June 2013
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 13 June 2013. May (T-minus 2 Months). Oh to fall from grace….ok a little dramatic, but that is how it has felt for me this month. The worst, by far, in all the months of training in the lead up to the Channel. It started straight after the 24 hour swim. My right wrist was pretty painful. I baulked at this, but managed keep panic at bay. I was optimisti...
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): Channel Facts
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Quick Facts: The Challenge. 21 Miles / 34 km (in a straight line at its narrowest point). 15 - 18 degrees centigrade. Jellyfish, Hypothermia, Debris. Over 600 commercial ships use the channel per day. To qualify must complete a 6 hour swim in 16C or colder. What You Can Wear. One hat, one costume, goggles, grease, earplugs. With boat or any person.
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): April 2013
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 25 April 2013. April (T-minus 3 months). This month the focus of my training has shifted toward a more immediate goal of doing the 24 hour swim. I have continued to do similar training sets, but have worked towards doing multiple swim days. However, on the 5. This gave me a massive positive boost and increased my confidence for the 24 hour swim. I also...
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): January 2013
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 3 January 2013. And then it got worse again.all in all the cold/ cough lasted the whole month and at the beginning of Jan the family and I still have the remnants of it. So, my training has been hit pretty hard this month, I tried to keep going when I should have recovered fully. When I got back in the water just after Christmas to do a swim test.
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): November 2012
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 8 November 2012. I have to stop the negative chatter in my brain.a 6c increase is significant and having an increase in air temp and maybe even sun on my back will make all the difference. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Video of my swim. View my complete profile. Active Swimming - Tips and Advice. All about swimming outdoors. Awesome resource of swim sets.
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): Swimming the English Channel
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 1 August 2013. Swimming the English Channel. I have been looking forward to writing this blog post for almost 3 years! Its going to be a long one, so please bear with me. My stomach did a few flips, but now I could put months of planning into action, mobilise the crew and focus on getting this challenge under way. Marcus got the short straw. We were gi...
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): December 2012
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Tuesday, 4 December 2012. More of the same in November.gentle progression, the distance work is feeling nice and comfortable and the speed work is hard,. Really get into it! Loving the sprint sessions.just have to remember that I am training for a long distance swim and not a sprint! To work through the stiffness. It’s good to hope. I have started look ing.
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): September 2011
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 1 September 2011. My last event of the season was a nice, end of summer, current assisted swim. An easy one I hear you say . Well first of all, summer made a brief appearance back in May and hasn’t returned much since, so the water was not as warm as expected (touted as 18 degrees C, but it certainly didn’t feel that warm! Water in an attempt to build ...
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims): April 2012
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Channel Swimming (and other marathon swims). This blog is dedicated to my planned English Channel swim in July 2013 and my journey to get there. Thursday, 12 April 2012. Back in the driving seat. Since then I have done a 2km and 2:5km open water swim and my weekly average is now up to around 20km. The plan this weekend is to extend the open water swim to 3km and eliminate the shakes within 45 mins! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Video of my swim. Back in the driving seat. View my complete profile.
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