Not satisified with swimming every day last month, I’ve kept going…swimming yesterday and this evening. I’m planning a dry day tomorrow because my 10 day gym session hiatus is due to come to an end. Oh dear I know this is going to hurt! But this evening’s session was really enjoyable, the one and only Madame […]

I know that you’ve all (that is the 4 people including my mum who actually read this waffle) have been on tenterhooks to learn whether Binge completed her challenge and swam every day in February, as I had some stuff to prep for work this week so I haven’t been able to update the blog. Well the […]

As if Brexit, Trump, Oscargate, and the sacking of Claudio Ranieri wasn’t enough Nic Latty, sent me a screen shot of the current British Decathlon rankings. And there it was, proof positive that the World truly has gone mad! Because much to my astonishment nestling at number 5, was the Bingeswimmer no less and she was not […]

With the February Fitness Challenge almost finished I’m beginning to think ahead (I know that is the most unbingelike thing) and more specifically how I can keep this streak going. I don’t mean swimming everyday or even swimming over 25k per week but a bit of consistency would probably make me feel much better. One […]

A monster session at Durham this afternoon/evening, with the Tri club and the swimming “bizzies” Dave and Geoff. The two of them have this Saturday master plan to swim 3k in the first hour of this session, you might remember that I  mentioned this fact  a couple of weeks ago. (I think it’s some secret Iron Man […]

Ooh this trial is close to the end, only 4 more days left of my mini binge! and I’m creeping ever closer to that 100,000 metres mark, thanks to a trip to Newcastle Masters “Saddo” session, I mean who else goes swimming at 8:30pm on a Friday night? I realise that I’ve wittered on about this […]

For the first time this year the inclement weather threatened to derail my swimming. I had planned to do the Stanley Public Masters sessions with my new besties Claire and Shazza, but at lunch time all the talk was how we were going to have blizzard conditions by 3pm. Now working in a rather remote […]

The start of the last week of the infernal February Fitness Challenge; by now of course every fibre of my body is hurting and the only thing keeping me going is the fact that I only have 6 days left, although trying to cover 24k in less than a week is a little daunting. Today’s […]

After yesterday’s “broken woman” gym session I found myself hobbling around the office with my glutes screaming, it didn’t get any better when I dropped in for a swim this evening. Each time I tumbled and pushed off the wall I suffered an exquisite pain in my derriere. I was literally living up to my reputation as a proverbial pain in […]

The pressure’s on if I want to break 100,000 metres for the month, I’ve only got 8 days left and whilst I’m confident (barring emergencies and accidents) that I can  break the 100,000 yard mark, converting that to a metric measure might just be a bridge to far. I might need to start looking for an extra […]