Week 7/8

So 2 months down of training through winter. I have been thinking about my Blog and thinking about what it is that people want to know about training for these big open water events. I was looking at my previous blogs and asking myself how does that let me know what the training is really like. … Continue reading Week 7/8 →

A Great Snack For Winter

I love this as a snack in winter and it is a good way to get the Veggie intake in. Add a hot crispy bread roll with a little butter and you cant go wrong. Pumpkin Soup 1/2 butternut pumpkin 2 carrots 1 sweet potato 3 potatoes 1 onion 2Tsb stock 200ml Cream Salt and … Continue reading A Great Snack For Winter →

Weeks 4/ 5/ 6

So the last few weeks have been long and hard, with not as much swimming as I would like. I have been away a lot with work and only averaged 2 training sessions a week. This isn’t too bad at this time of the season, as I am only trying to maintain my fitness. But I definitely need … Continue reading Weeks 4/ 5/ 6 →

Week 3

Week 3 Two key factors about my training in the lead up to this upcoming session are; firstly I will be swimming through the winter, in the previous years I have swam once maybe twice a month from June to September. This year I am going to aim for 2-4 sessions a week til August … Continue reading Week 3 →

The Toys (data time) Fitness watch

For all the big kids that love there stats like I do. So there is hundreds of smart phones and watches out there. All telling you there are the best. Our product can track this and that. I am one of those people that say, if it ain’t broken don’t fix it. Which is why … Continue reading The Toys (data time) Fitness watch →

The Pull Buoy

So still talking gear, I think I will go through from my favourite to my least, as I put together my feedback and thoughts around this. So goggles being the most important and my favourite was the first I wrote about and I hope you enjoyed the read: Goggles my thoughts. My next favourite toy … Continue reading The Pull Buoy →

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining #cudstoRotto19 to follow my journey A lot friends and family have asked me how do I do it and what does it take to get yourself ready for the channel swim. So I thought how do you tell someone about it 🤔. So I came up with this idea 💡. So here … Continue reading The Journey Begins →