swimming
All going swimmingly
It was injury that forced me into the pool recently, and it’s fear of re-injury (and acknowledgement of the importance of cross-training my way back to fitness) that’s kept me there. But a funny thing happened this morning. I realised I was actually enjoying it. Just for a moment, my stroke came together perfectly and I [...]
Wild swimming
I’ve been dipping my toes into wild swimming again this summer. While I’m still not back to full running fitness it’s a great way of getting a workout and a fresh-air fix – not to mention revving me up for the triathlon season. Sid joined me for a dip or two in the glassy waters [...]
Swimming with champions
It’s not every day you get the opportunity to swim with a double gold medal-winning world-record holding champion… but I was lucky enough to spend yesterday afternoon in the pool with the delightful Rebecca Adlington. The first thing I learned was that despite swimming a staggering 65,000-70,000m per week, she doesn’t just get in and [...]
Not drowning, but waving
I’ll never be able to listen to the shipping forecast again without being overcome by nostalgia for the Hebridean waters I spent a week swimming in last month. Choppy seas, a force 9 gale, erratic tides and even the infamous whirlpool in the Gulf of Corryvreckan didn’t stop us swim-hopping our way from Jura to [...]
In the swim
It’ll be a bit quiet on the blogging front for the next fortnight, as I’m heading off on holiday. As you might expect though, I won’t be lazing on a beach somewhere. I’m going on a Swimtrek holiday, where you swim from island to island, hike to the next departure point and then plop back [...]