Lots of love for the Harlem Shake memes doing the rounds at the mo… but these underwater / changing room / poolside versions have to be my favourites! UGA Men’s Swim & Dive Harlem Shake Some serious pool banter from the University of Georgia Men’s Swimming Team! (read more…)
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Like most people, I’m kicking off 2013 with some new years resolutions and aspirations of improving myself both inside and out. Starting with a well needed dry January, a bit of a healthy easting / detox [that pretty much consists of reducing consumption down from excessive December standards (read more…)
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They say ‘you never forget your first love’ – perhaps because your first real experience of love-lost is so raw that it teaches you to not take love for granted[?] What they don’t tell you is that life has a habit of getting in the way, and (read more…)
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One of the best life skills my parents equipped me with was the ability to swim. I wasn’t taught for the the sheer pleasure of it though, but for the practical reason that knowing how to swim made me safer! It meant that the time I fell (read more…)
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The sun is shining, it’s hot outside and summer looks like it’s finally made an appearance, I’d say you couldn’t want for more perfect conditions than these to enjoy a refreshing, revitalising dip in your local lido! Here’s to swimming en plein air and making the most of (read more…)
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Whoot! I’m pleased to announce that I’ve finally put an end to my swimming drought this week and am back in the pool And having remembered how great it feels to swim, I thought I’d share this photo of my local pool as it looked just before (read more…)
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OMG! I have serious water withdrawals and am desperate to get back in the pool ASAP! Following my epic Swimathon a couple of weeks ago I was naturally ready to give my body a little rest and decided to take a week off from the pool… but (read more…)
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I was pretty excited to test out these “lightweight goggles designed for competition and swim training” – they sounded just the type of thing I was looking for. Plus, I’d never tried any Maru swim kit before so was keen to give them a go. First up, here’s (read more…)
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It’s the night before the biggest swim of my life, and I’ve got butterflies! They started to flutter from the 1-week-to-go point, but now on the eve of the big 5K Swimathon they’re rife! So I’ve decided to sit here and bosh out this post, in an (read more…)
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When I was little I loved the little Mermaid! I used to dream of being a mermaid, and like any other girl of my age at the time, would mess about in the pool pretend that I was in fact a mermaid – in the hope that (read more…)
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