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Form Swim Goggles + Polar OH1+

Form Swim Polar OH1 HR Update

Posted on December 16, 2019December 18, 2019 by Stuart Handley

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a review of the Form Swim Goggles. I was pretty impressed already, but

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Pros and cons of channel swim

Channel swim 8: Pros and Cons

Posted on December 11, 2019June 19, 2020 by Stuart Handley

So the novelty of pool training has definitely worn off. I’ve had a couple of weeks where,,, We had a

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Triathlete Christmas Presents

The Triathlete Christmas Present Guide

Posted on November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 by Jo-Anne Handley

The wonderful triathlete in your life may have already given you a huge list of things you  could buy them

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Cold water swimming

Channel Swim 7 – Baby, it’s cold outside…

Posted on November 25, 2019January 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

I know that cold water swimming is one of the things most likely to derail an attempt. I’m not a

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'There's been a technical issue in the Pool!'

Channel Swim 6 – Swim Nutrition

Posted on November 15, 2019January 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

Marathon swim, London Aquatic Center, 5:40 11th November 2019 As I started the six length in the 50m Olympic pool

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Red Bull Timelaps

Red Bull Timelaps 2019

Posted on October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 by Stuart Handley

It was about 8:00 in the evening that I realised the Red Bull Timelaps wasn’t going to be the joyful

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Form Swim Goggles

Form Swim Goggle review

Posted on October 22, 2019December 16, 2019 by Stuart Handley

I find swimming laps in a pool pretty boring. Interval training and drill sets can really help to break things

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Swimming in the dark

Channel swim 5 – Swimming in the dark

Posted on October 18, 2019January 8, 2020 by Stuart Handley

I’ve a bit been worried about a sore elbow. I’ve started training with a plan properly, and on a couple

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Art of the Humblebrag

The delicate art of the ‘Humblebrag’

Posted on October 11, 2019October 11, 2019 by Stuart Handley

The word ‘Humblebrag’ was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014 at the same time as those essential additions

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Zombie run - Zombie Evac Review

Zombie Evac Review: Bored of running intervals? Try the Apocalypse with a Zombie run…

Posted on October 2, 2019October 2, 2019 by Stuart Handley

I hate running. Largely because I’m terrible at it, which then has the knock on effect that I’m the one

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