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Swimming Lesson #54

25 April, 2019 cushtie_adminSwimming

For my last ever lesson in Singapore, I prepared by going climbing this afternoon, and then having a gin and tonic. This is not recommended because every time I dipped my head underwater I got[…]

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Swimming Lesson #53

19 April, 2019 cushtie_adminSwimming

It’s been a while since I went swimming – apart from a quick trip to our friends’ pool on Sunday with the girls, I haven’t been swimming since March. I was late leaving the office[…]

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Swimming Lesson #52

28 March, 201929 March, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

I had an hour’s lesson today: we started off with four lengths of freestyle, then some dolphin kicks, before going on to the full butterfly stroke, which is incredibly hard. Then again, I used to[…]

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It gets right up your nose

20 March, 20191 April, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

I went swimming at my friend Bob’s pool today, and did 8 lengths in just under 15 minutes. This is notable because although I’ve done 10 lengths there before, I’d needed more than 90 seconds[…]

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Swimming Lesson #51

14 March, 201920 March, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

I’m certainly getting better. Today for my warm up I swam two laps of freestyle without stopping, and I managed to do a length of the pool of breaststroke with only nine kicks, so my[…]

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Swimming Lesson #50

7 March, 201912 March, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

Today was fairly simple: I turned up, watched the youngsters swim lengths in 20 seconds or less, warmed up with 2 slow laps of freestyle (kicking only) then sprinted one length (24 seconds) and then[…]

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Swimming Lesson #49

28 February, 201912 March, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

My wife went out tonight for a sociable evening of bunco, while I put the girls to bed. I read them three books – Destroyer’s favourite This Book Has No Pictures, something La Serpiente chose[…]

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Swimming Lesson #48

21 February, 201923 February, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

I had Gin Club at work today, but because I was swimming I just had a very little one before getting a car to the pool. My regular coach was off, so the lesson was[…]

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Swimming Lesson #47

7 February, 20199 February, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

Today we had half an hour, and the first five laps were just working on legs, which was brutal as ever. However, I think the intervening days in the pool have paid off, as I[…]

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Swimming Lesson #46

1 February, 20196 February, 2019 James ForemanSwimming

After a week off, I didn’t think I’d forget much, but for my lesson yesterday it turned out I’d forgotten two things. First, I’d forgotten about kicking my feet lightly near the surface, and second,[…]

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