My Diet Diary

Been away From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (111 days old)

In more ways than one, as you can see by my lack of posts I've not been around much. Quite a lot has happened in my little life. Firstly I had an enforced lay off from swimming (and all other types … more

60, 59, 58... 39 From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (308 days old)

Not quite the first swim of the year (that was last Friday), but this was the first Swim Fit session and it was pretty tiring in a "good" way. It was a bit of fun, but it was a stressful fun. The ma… more

Satch and the South Yorkies From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (319 days old)

Hey, here's a surprise, I've not posted for an absolute age. Next week, New Year and all that, we'll see what can be done about that. For now though, you can watch this little expose. The Swim Fit … more

Serious Workout Time From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (368 days old)

Two rather different sessions today... this lunchtime was a "sprint" set and this evening a... well I don't know what you'd call it, but it was definitely a session. The sprint one was physically t… more

Average joes... From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (369 days old)

Er no, I don't think so... A couple of weeks back were the British Short Course Masters in Sheffield. For a number of reasons I didn't go two of the SwimFit group did - Craig and Martin. Martin s… more

Purgatory (for a friend) From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (370 days old)

We did a session last week (SwimFit) that was shear hell. Actually a lot of last week was horrible. I happened to mention to Craig that we did a grim lactate set in the previous triathlon session (7… more

Wednesday's triathlon night From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (370 days old)

Tonight's triathlon set was an easy session (that's what Gary said anyway). Actually it was in terms of work load (1600M isn't much), the main set was Gary's old favourite hyper-toxic (3, 5, 7, 3 bre… more

Lame excuses From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (370 days old)

Oh I've got to get a grip really.  This poor blog has been rather ignored for the past few weeks/months.  It's not that I haven't been swimming, or had swimming thoughts and stuff - I have, … more

Hypoxic Training From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (393 days old)

I hate it - enough said. (Posted for someone who occasionally reads what I say, it'll make no difference as we'll be doing 3, 5, 7, 3 hundreds again).… more

Looking into the future? From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (393 days old)

A long time ago, I did a set in Stockport where I wore fins and paddles. In that set, by virtue of these mechanical devices, I just sneaked in under 30 seconds for 50M free. That was before I starte… more

2008 Southport Sprints From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (393 days old)

A couple of weeks back the Southport Masters Sprints took place. I didn't enter them last year, but did this time and had a really good time. I had a good time for a couple of reasons, firstly my sw… more

2008 Cheshire Masters Sprint From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (417 days old)

Bit late posting, but last weekend (Saturday) was the annual Cheshire Masters Sprint meet in Macclesfield. I've not entered before, but because there was a good sized presence from the Stockport "Swi… more

2008 Halton Open Sprint Meet From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (428 days old)

Halton is in Widnes and to celebrate there 10th anniversary they held their first Masters meet and invited swimmers from their twinned towns (in the Czech Republic, Germany and Portugal). So this was… more

What I did during the Summer From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (428 days old)

The summer's over, SwimFit started back last week, and I've competed in my first competition of the new season. Phew just a few things to go at. But what did I do over the summer (swimming wise?). … more

Flippin' helpful? From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (447 days old)

A couple of the triathletes I swim with are trying to get their heads around tumble turning. And it's a lot of struggle, especially as there aren't many people you can copy - yes you could copy the O… more

1500 From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (461 days old)

I've been on holiday for a week, and had to "fight" with the general public (aka kid's summer holidays) yesterday. So tonight's triathlon swim was the first proper swim for a couple of weeks. And to… more

New 25M Fly Record From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (474 days old)

To finish off today's posts... today's swim fit was a (short) sprint day. Not much to say really about the whole thing other than my times were mostly pretty good. We did dive-from-the-blocks spri… more

588! From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (474 days old)

Cryptic title this one, but it's to do with Wednesday's triathlon session. It was really quite busy (three to a lane!) and it was probably the hardest session I've done for a long time. The main… more

Take 3 From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (474 days old)

Again not posted for a while but here's a set we did on Tuesday that was really good and quite thought provoking. For the past couple of weeks (it must be because it's near the end of term) the lunch… more

Some quality thinking time From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (482 days old)

Tonights tirathlon swim session was an interesting descending set. It was interesting not so much for what the main set was (500, 400, ... 100) but because I decided to FOCUS on just one thing. Most… more

I've joined a trend... From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (495 days old)

For the last couple of months, everytime I go to Amazon I get adverts for those bloomin' PowerBalls. So I gave up and got one (arrived yesterday). I've watched a few saddo-videos on YouTube (not the… more

Crusader League: Oakengates From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (505 days old)

Well this was an interesting old meet, basically because of how we (my car load) quite spectacularly failed to find the venue - we got their just on the cusp of warm-up start, so we did okay in the en… more

Heart Attack set! From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (524 days old)

Well that's what I thought when I was swimming it yesterday. So I've had a week off, and although I'd boasted that I'd been swimming four times whilst on holiday, in actuallity that's four times in t… more

End of a long week From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (536 days old)

I'm off on holiday next week:) So no swimming:( This weeks been tiring and hard work, I don't really know why, I think it's probably down to me cooking up something again (I blame the kids). Howe… more

What do you wear? From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (540 days old)

Very excited today as I got my first (early) birthday present - a couple of new pairs of drag shorts. These are from Zuma and are a rather natty black with a big Zuma logo across the backside. They'… more

Blue Army From BillOddy in Odd Things Happen (540 days old)

Haven't posted here for ages. Anyhow, for those of you who have Sky Sports - I take it you watched the two matches of the season (so far)? The mighy 'County verses an incredably dirty and spitefull … more

2008 Yorkshire Open (Scarborough) From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (547 days old)

This last Saturday was the day of the Scarborough (Yorkshire) open Masters competition. It was a right scorching day and the swimming was good. As is my usual - if it's a long journey I book into a … more

I am not Bill Clinton... From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (551 days old)

... I'll get to that later... Today was an interesting taper set - a bit of all sorts: Warm Up: 1 x 400M EZ Main set: 12 x 25M kick (odds fast 1st 10, evens fast last 10) 4 x 50M 25 ma… more

Tapering - part 1 From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (552 days old)

I should be tapering this week, ahead of this coming weekend's Masters competition in Scarborough. And I think I am a bit, except that I feel really knackered and achie at the moment. Yesterday's se… more

Where does technique fit in a swim program? From BillOddy in Swimming with Billy (558 days old)

Now there's a question. Last night during our triathlon session our coach told me of a mature swimmer (a runner) who used to swim with us but has since moved on to another session (in a different poo… more