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English Channel – here I come!
Bit of a misleading headline there. I'm not going to swim the Channel. Completely. But I AM going to do a Channel relay next September with a team of Seabrook Seals, the group of people I swim with down at Southbourne beach in Bournemouth. I won't tell you everything...
read moreTwenty three and a half hours
I love this cartoon. Says it all. I'm becoming increasingly interested in, or worried about, actually, the lack of exercise we all tend to do in this country. Physical INactivity is much more important than most people realise - and that's not just the opinion of...
read moreA swim with a trophy and a run with a baton
What a weekend. I did a 5k open water swimming race starting at 6.45 on Saturday morning and won my first ever trophy: second place in the vets ladies race. Was pleased with my time - a stately 1hr 35. Bray Lake really is lovely - and the warm water and weather...
read moreA real 'no hands' massage
Last night, on Channel 4's Jon Snow's Paralympics Show, (Monday 27th August 2012) they talked about how sports massage was a key part of an athlete's life and how massage therapists were some of the busiest volunteers at the Games. It's great to see sports massage...
read moreThat post-swim shiver…
My first swim with the Seabrook Seals was on a warm day with a flat, clear sea. We did two hours. Although being in the water for two hours would be my longest ever swim, I wasn't really concerned about coping with the swim. I was more concerned about the cold. I...
read moreSea swimming is the new ironman
The post-race blues are a well-recognised phenomenon. You've focussed on an event for months and all your training, eating and recovering has been done with it in mind. So when it's all over there's a bit of a gap - unless there's something else on the horizon. For...
read moreRecovery: why does it take so long? Part 1
Massage clients and members of WADAC (Winchester & District AC, where I'm a coach) will know that I'm very keen on recovery - enough of it and the right kind. Many a WADAC runner has been told off (sorry chaps!) for turning up to a club track session too soon after...
read moreIronman nutrition update: I might have got it right at last
A huge part of ironman racing - or any ultra endurance event - is nutrition. If you can't fuel yourself properly during the race either you won't complete it or you'll be in a bad way once you do finish. Unfortunately, despite doing all the 'right' things during...
read moreOlympic fever comes to Kingsworthy… and a glimpse of the medals
The Olympic torch went through Kingsworthy yesterday on its way to Winchester. I joined a gang of clients who live there who had set up camp in one of their gardens right on the route. It was perfect - opposite the pub and next to the village shop which was doing a...
read morePost-race recovery – don't rush it
I've talked about post-race recovery before, and how important it is not to rush it if we're to avoid over-training problems. At the moment, one week on from The Outlaw, my biggest problem is now not to continue to eat huge amounts as if I was still training 20 hours...
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