Monthly Archives: August 2021

As I summarised on my Facebook page; yesterday I did the Loch Lomond Go Swim event. It was great fun and I’m sure this will be a great sport for me to be involved in going forward. My first open … Continue reading →

Today I’ll split this post between my swim at Pinkston water sports in the north of the city, my training so far this week, and what I’ll do for the next few weeks. I had this pre booked for a … Continue reading →

Anyone who knows me well, knows that I’ve had a special necklace nearly forever, given to me by my best friends on my 21st birthday many years (20) ago. I wore it so much that 2 years ago the end … Continue reading →

Another Sunday, another swim in a loch. I’m two weeks out from the swim event at Loch Lomond and thought it would be a good time to get a swim there. I arranged to meet my friend Vanessa, and Linda … Continue reading →

Some women have lots of handbags and shoes, some others have lots trainers (me), and some others have lots of nice jewellery and designer things. I was having a virtual chat the other day, with someone in work, and I … Continue reading →

I thought I’d do a post about my weight and body composition… and tell you about one simple thing I’ve done, and got good results easily. My weight has been pretty stable for most of 2021… but it seemed to … Continue reading →

Today, as part of my training for the Loch Lomond Go Swim event at the end of August, I did a good open water swim in Loch Venachar. Go to the end of the post for a summary review of … Continue reading →

Back to my training and I’m really getting into my swimming – good thing really, as I have the 3,000m Go Swim open water event at Loch Lomond in about 3 weeks time. Here’s how I plan my training, usually … Continue reading →

They say if it’s too good to be true it usually is… but finally in this last month or so, after a long long time trying to find my feet with my career… after feeling like I’ve been standing on … Continue reading →

Last week I did 3 swims, 2 runs, 1 strength, about 3-5 short walks and had a rest day on Saturday. As I hadn’t swum on Sunday due to being away for the weekend, I swam first thing on Monday … Continue reading →