The DURC squad for next year’s Colours match started training last night. Last year, we had 12 shooters show up for the first night of training, and we were a littl… Read the rest
Long time, no time
Gosh, who’d have thought a job, a social life, helping run a club, helping run the NTSA and coding up a side project would take any time at all? Yeesh.
Anyways, the s… Read the rest
Weekends keep getting harder…
A wierd weekend, that one. Work’s pressing hard right now, so 16-hour days all last week, and when I got out of the car at herself’s on Friday night, I was so t… Read the rest
Small improvements
Back to the pool last night. Managed six lengths before having to stop for a few minutes, and managed either 19 or 21 lengths over the 90 minutes or so I was in the pool. Whic… Read the rest
Anschutz Air Rifle Cylinder Recall
At this point, everyone probably knows about this, but just in case, given the damage that a faulty air cylinder could cause (lots. Seriously. Lots) I think it’s … Read the rest
Back in the water
This swimming malarky is going well, I think. Ten lengths last night. Not bad for someone who three or four posts ago was unable to get in the pool without trying to hyperv… Read the rest
Long weekend
Been a bit of a long weekend really. Friday was a fundraising barbecue in Wilkinstown. Not a bad turnout, and we raised over a thousand euro for the team, so we’re s… Read the rest
Swimming again
Went back to the pool last night. Managed eight lengths this time, four of them without that little floating board thingy they give newbies to lessen the number of bodie… Read the rest
Swimming
One of the best ways to lose weight, get fit and maintain core fitness levels that I’ve come across in the literature on such things is swimming. And when I was a kid… Read the rest
Nan
Nan had a second stroke back in Feburary. She seemed to be recovering from it as well as you could expect, but two weeks ago today, surrounded by family, she fell asleep an… Read the rest