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Thinning & Swimming – who’d have thought that a year ago?
Among the many things I’ve packed into these past 11-months, completing my first non stop length of a swimming pool is among the most special. It happened last Sunday, a week after failing my first attempt at Leith Academy, during … Continue reading
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Tagged Capability Scotland, children, Leith Academy, lessons, pool, Shaun Milne. Iain Pope, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, Westerlea
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Thrashing out these last few weeks
Today as I thrashed the water with my hands, arms and legs I couldn’t help but feel out of my depth, both mentally as well as actually. Having gone so close the previous week I had high hopes that maybe, … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 stone, adult, diet, exercise, failure, fat, goals, Iain Pope, Leith Academy, length, lessons, Liam, pool, Shaun Milne, stroke, swimming, target, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, water, weight
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School of Thought
Back then I’d never have dreamed that one day I would be standing on the concrete steps to its entrance 20 years on, clutching the tiny hand of my son. It was a bit of a mind boggler, if I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, exercise, Iain Pope, lessons, Liam, pool, Shaun Milne, shorts, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, weight, Wester Hailes Education Centre, WHEC
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Who Dares Swims
It was an inauspicious start to a Sunday, touring the shops of Edinburgh in search of swimming gear. I’d thought (hoped?) my old shorts would still fit. After all, what’s a decade or so in between waist sizes. Turns out … Continue reading
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Tagged adult, drown, Edinburgh, exercise, Iain Pope, kids, Leith Academy, lessons, Liam Gormley, lifeguard, loss, pool, Shaun Milne, sink, swimming, swm, total swimming, TotalSwimmingco.uk, Two Fat Laddies, weight
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Think or Swim?
It’s Sunday morning, I’ve been up since before 6am flicking the TV channels between the Rugby World Cup and F1, supping tea while surfing the net. Distraction, if you will, ahead of what’s to come later today. My first swimming … Continue reading
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Tagged adults, canada, children, diet, Edinburgh, exercise, guitar, Iain Pope, Leith Academy, lessons, Madison Square Gardens, NBA, piona, pool, Rockies, Shaun Milne, ski, swim, thinning, total swimming, Two Fat Laddies, US, Vancouver, weight
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Splashing Out
My name’s Shaun Milne, I’m 37 years old, originally from Edinburgh. My star sign is Cancer, I enjoy the theatre, cinema, art, music and travel. And, oh aye, I cannae swim. See me and the water, rubbish. I’ll drop like … Continue reading
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Tagged Clare Carswell, diet, Edinburgh, exercise, fitness, Iain Pope, learn, lessons, Paul Lindsay, Scotland, Shaun Milne, swim, swimming, Two Fat Laddies, weight loss
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