Swimming Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/swimming-2/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 27 May 2025 07:57:13 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Swimming Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/category/sports/swimming-2/ 32 32 2696646 Slippery Swims and Dolphin Confusion https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/05/slippery-swims-and-dolphin-confusion/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/05/slippery-swims-and-dolphin-confusion/#respond Wed, 28 May 2025 07:54:45 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=45842 I had a lovely swim in the silky smooth waters of Ynyslas the other day. However, as I was getting out, I slipped on the muddy submerged forest and lost my goggles in the process. Not the most exciting story, I know—but it does get better. There was someone taking photos from the beach who...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/05/slippery-swims-and-dolphin-confusion/feed/ 0 45842 Bright Start https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/08/bright-start/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/08/bright-start/#respond Wed, 16 Aug 2023 17:21:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=40465 You can’t beat an early morning open water swim before work, no matter what the weather. But when it’s a perfect sunny summer morning there really isn’t anything better. Especially when you swim the length of Aberystwyth and then head off below the cliffs to Clarach. It’s made even better by the stunning walk back...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2023/05/summer-2023/feed/ 0 39457 Form Swim Goggles https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/form-swim-goggles/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/form-swim-goggles/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2022 13:43:38 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=38421 Swimming Goggles with a heads-up display, Bluetooth connectivity, live metrics and automatic interval detection – whatever next! Yep, smart swim goggles are here and they’re better than I was expecting. The Form Swim Goggles have all of this and more. They work well and are actually useful rather than just a gimmick. I wasn’t sure...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/11/form-swim-goggles/feed/ 0 38421 Paddling Buddies https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/paddling-buddies/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/paddling-buddies/#comments Tue, 10 May 2022 06:28:20 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37572 Not being allowed out on adventures on my own means that I’ve had to rope in some friends for activities such as sea swimming and surf-skiing. Fortunately there are plenty of people about. Into the Waves My first time back out in the waves was a little surf ski session. Morgan came with me and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/05/paddling-buddies/feed/ 1 37572 Tryfan in the Drizzle https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/tryfan-in-the-drizzle/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/tryfan-in-the-drizzle/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2021 06:57:56 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=36548 It’s been a while since I’ve been in the hills, and even longer since I’ve been there with other people. It was therefore nice to get out with the ‘Aber Sport & Exercise Science’ crew for a scramble up Tryfan on Wednesday. It had been arranged for a while and I’d booked a day off...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2021/06/stretching-the-weekend/feed/ 1 36490 The Weeks Roll By https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 08:54:31 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=34108 There still isn’t much happening here really. We are continuing to stay as shielded as we can as the virus is still out there. We hardly even noticed that the school holidays had begun. The fact that we’ve all been at home for so long now meant that there wasn’t really a noticeable difference. I...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/07/the-weeks-roll-by/feed/ 3 34108 Small Victories https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/small-victories/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/small-victories/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:11:56 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33964 Luscious Lawn It’s only a small victory, but the lawn was looking terrible after the winter (and probably a year or two of relative neglect). I decided to do something about it earlier in the year. Since then I’ve been raking, feeding and weeding it whenever I can. Now, even if I say so myself...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/06/small-victories/feed/ 1 33964 Which Training and Analysis Apps Now That Strava is No Longer Free https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/which-training-and-analysis-apps-now-that-strava-is-no-longer-free/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2020/05/which-training-and-analysis-apps-now-that-strava-is-no-longer-free/#comments Thu, 21 May 2020 10:59:45 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=33663 The fact that Strava have started to charge for more of their offerings than they have in the past has forced me to re-evaluate which apps I ‘need’ and which ones I don’t. Do I need to pay for TrainerRoad, Zwift, Training Peaks, Strava and other such apps? What does each one do and what...

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