Thursday, April 29, 2010
We are heading to the open water for the month of May...all the time
I am counting down now to my swim 12 weeks to go.
We have our last long swim in the pool tomorrow our aim is ten hours and approx 28-30km.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Sink or Swim Racenight !
Shelbourne Bar, Mc Curtain Street,Cork.

I'm organising a race night to race funds for my charities.
Come along and lest have a bit of fun on the GiGi's........

Myself and a dedicated team of helpers are now out there looking for Owners,Jockeys and Trainers for our Race Card

There are some fantastic prizes to be won on the night.

I have had a fantastic 10 days training, Having accepted the challenge laid down by Coach I must say i feel the better of my training twice a day. I have swum on average 8k (320 lenghts) every day except Saturday last but best of all i am in the sea every other day swimming for at least an hour and my best is 1hr 25mins.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Coach Eillis has set me a challenge that is to swim twice a day for 2 weeks for more then 90mins and text her when i'm done!!!!
I Reckon she dosen't trust me !!
Anyway I have been doing what I was told to do and swimming twice a day...going from 27deg water to 9deg open water I even had to swim in Mayfield swimming pool last night in 31.5deg bathtub..
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Well i've been dabbling with the sea in Ballycroneen since Christmas and we all went for a dip down there after our last long swim.....
But this week the transition has been made and I swam Friday and Sunday for between 40 and 50 minutes with Eddie Irwin.
Tonight myself and the finned Gaayybor, Atlantic headed Sylvian and the Phiser duo of Rob and Ciaran swam 2 laps of Sandycove island.....
A great swim where Rob and I had to resort to some extreme warm up games to heat up...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
I have been complaining of a blocked and runny nose for the last 6 months which I was putting down to a side effect of all the Pool swimming. To my delight i discovered that I had Polyps(non cancerous growths in the sinus area) which could be removed by a simple operation.
Well job done on the 1/4/10 and after ten days rest i got back to training last Friday.

I can breath through my nose, and I am able to smell again, and of course Kaye is getting a better nights sleep from the lack of snoring......

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I am a 40 year old happily married man with 3 fantastic children and a very supportive wife...........And I'm going to swim the English Channel !!

I live in Cork City, Ireland and I am the owner of Sheilas Hostel (www.sheilashostel.ie) and Gabriel House (www.gabriel-house.com) .

I have returned to my childhood sport of swimming after 26 years and I now train in Source under the watchfull eye of my coach Eilis Burns.





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