Archive for the tag 'workout'

Jul 10 2008

Day 16 – 3rd training swim in Dover

Published by neal under Misc.

Swim stats today 1.5 hours Serious chop, especially on the east side of the harbor 200 gulls, zero fishies Hello from Dover! Another nice swim today. Might head out for a night swim close to sun-down. Due to the relatively high latitude of Dover (and England itself) the sun rises earlier and sets later than [...]

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Jul 04 2008

Day 9 – Sherwood Forest

Published by Team under Misc.

Ride stats today Leeds to Nottingham 75 miles 1800 feet climbed 1000 sheep. Some cows. 63 pigs. 2 nuclear reactors Our route took us through Sherwood Forest, which was fun for me. It’s hard not to feel like a kid again riding through Sherwood Forest into Nottingham! Today was a pretty nice day.  It’s a [...]

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May 21 2008

Two upcoming open water swims

Published by neal under Training

Sorry for the radio/blog silence. I was driving cross-country in my Jeep & Trailer. What a gorgeous drive! I moved from Philadelphia to San Francisco. I’m new here, and one of the big parts of moving for me is finding a new place to workout. I know about the Dolphin Swim Club in San Francisco, [...]

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May 08 2008

The Schuylkill is Rippin’

Published by adam under Training

I’m back in Philly for finals this week, and it has been a perfect opportunity to get back in my favorite river for a few good workouts. I took a sunset swim for about an hour on Tuesday sans Neal. He was busy trying to figure out why his Jeep can’t go over 35 mph [...]

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May 01 2008

Swimming in snow

Published by neal under Training

I’m here in Denver for my sister’s wedding (yay!). Before the festivities began I got an early morning workout. I found a lake nearby called Union Reservoir. There were inland pelicans, 3-foot swells and snow. Perfect!!! I swam for 90 minutes in the 48-degree water (34-degree air). Three things happened that I learned from: Swimming [...]

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Mar 27 2008

ABC’s of Fitness Trends

Published by neal under Training

Everyone wants a healthy lifestyle. There are new trends that help a healthy lifestyle fit into our day-to-day. I put together a list of what I think are THE leading-edge fitness trends; and just for fun I put them to the ABCs. I am involved in most of these trends, but not all (there are [...]

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