Swimming
How to buy a new Swimming Wetsuit
By Fajja at 10 February, 2010, 4:31 pm
Last summer I decided to upgrade my old surfing wetsuit for a brand new swimming wetsuit. The old one cost me £50 and lasted 3 years but was beginning to be a little stretched and ended up with gallons of water sloshing around inisde! Well thats what it felt like. It was also a surfing [...]
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Loading ...The Year Ahead
By Fajja at 26 January, 2009, 2:04 pm
I’ve been a bit slow in posting this, but its kind of my new years targets for 2009! Basically I never really did much in 2008 so now its time for change. Below is a list of targets which I hope to achieve this year. Some are related to my websites, some related to swimming, [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Open Water Swimming Photos
By Fajja at 2 December, 2008, 2:19 pm
Just a couple of photos of me taken by my brother a couple of months ago, swimming in the Clyde.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Resting Heart Rate
By Fajja at 4 February, 2008, 9:36 am
I woke up this morning and thought my heart beat is acually quite slow. so I measured it at an average of 52 beats per minute! A quick search on the tinternet reveals a chart showing age in the coulmns and beats per minute in the rows and gives you a rating from “Poor” through [...]
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By Fajja at 21 September, 2007, 7:00 pm
Been a while since my last update so heres one This year’s Lamlash Splash will take place from Holy isle to Lamlash Pier, on the Isle of Arran at 11am on the 29th September
You can keep up to speed with this event at SwimChat.co.uk
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...First swim in the Sea 2007
By Fajja at 26 March, 2007, 10:38 am
This weekend saw me venture into the sea for the first tim ethis year. It was slightly chilly! 9 degrees celcius to be precise! I will keep this site updated with my swims in the sea and progress I am making. I hope to take part in the Lamlash Splash again this year, and perhaps [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lamlash Splash – 1.3 Mile Sea Swim from Holy Isle to Lamlash
By Fajja at 9 November, 2006, 11:35 pm
This summer I finally entered myself into the “Lamlash Splash”, a 1.3 Mile swim in the sea, from the Holy Isle to Lamlash pier on the Isle of Arran, just of the west coast of Scotland. The distance is not a problem for me since, during the summer, I had been doing roughly the same [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Summer Swimming Challenge
By Fajja at 9 November, 2006, 6:44 pm
I like challenges. This summer I have set my self a tough one! to try and get as close to the olympic qualification time for the 1500m freestyle (front crawl), currently I am about 5 minutes off the pace… so I definetly have my work cut out.
I train in a 20m pool, so for the [...]
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