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It’s a family affair

June 28th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / No responses

Our family holidays this year seem to be centred around water, probably because I am the one who’s organising them. A few weeks ago we went camping with some friends for the Jubilee Weekend, at a campsite with a lake. A perfect chance to do some open water training in […]

Injuries & Mindfulness

May 29th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / 1 Response

When the mind believes you are still a 20-something year old, but the body is definitely not any more! I have had to take a break from swimming for a couple of weeks as I have managed to over-load the tendons in my shoulder. I had my first rowing race […]

Coaching with the Girls That Can!

May 10th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / No responses

Last weekend was our first meet up with The Henley Swim team, Becky & Juliet who have been championing us from the very start of this challenge. We also got some great coaching from Ian & Emma Keys at Queenford Lakes in Oxfordshire. It was great to finally meet (most) […]

In the Deep End

May 1st, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: Uncategorised / 2 Responses

These past couple of weeks have been the start of a new routine for me….new job and dedicated swim training sessions. Well that was the plan, but life never goes to plan! The new job has been awesome, lovely company, interesting work but so much to learn, therefore the 3x […]

Better Late Than Never

April 20th, 2022 / by Rachel Blackmore / in: The girls / No responses

The first step is invariably the hardest, but sometime the most courageous thing to do is take that first step. For me the first step was entering the competition, I knew if I won, I would have no excuses left not to get back into routinely swimming, and an Open […]