and 2 from Shanghai!! - Ali and Sherif
(but until recently part of the York crowd)
As you can see from the photos, we didn't just swim! As it happens, at least
half of the group were actually triathletes, and some of them did a lot more
cycling than swimming during the week. Steve (aka Tarzan, or George of the
Jungle) got bitten by the surfing bug. He went on the surf safari 3 times - he
was determined to stand up for more than a millisecond by the end of the week.
One evening there was a 'Compact Golf' challenge between apartments 349A and
234A. Unfortunately I'm not able to tell you what Michelle said at the start
of the first hole - she would literally kill me. But it ended up a belting
contest - apartment 349A (that's mine!) won by 232 strokes to 231.
One quote
I'm allowed to put on here (I think) was when Hil said to Rich one day "Just looking at
you makes me feel sick." Work that one out if you can! She was actually
referring to the amount of physical activity he'd been doing, which she
couldn't imagine doing herself.
Click here if you want to download
all the swimming sessions. It's an Excel file, and it's quite big (148 KB).
I've put together two short video clips that
you can download. Your best bet is to right-click, then click on 'Save Target
As....', and then to view once saved. If you've got broadband access then
they'll download quite quickly, otherwise be patient!
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Getting
ready for the first session |
Alfie shows us how to do
it |

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My foot injury after
medical attention
from Steve and Richard |
A bit of
one-to-one coaching from Michelle |
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Wendy looking a little the
worse for
wear after coming off her bike |
Impressive stuff
from Richard and
Steve on the badminton court |
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Dave doing the warm-up.... |
......and Hil doing hers |
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Hil trying her hand at
skipping..... |
.....then showing us how
to windsurf |
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A serious game of
volleyball |
Alfie wins his diploma for
the long jump |
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Start of the
mini-triathlon |
Dave hands over to Div.... |
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.....and Lisa to Amelia |
An interested spectator
(baby Erin)........ |
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.....as Mum Dee finishes
her leg |
Phil approaches the finish
line |
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One of the four York teams
- Dee,
Julie and Sarah |
Steve ('Tarzan')
struggling in the
advanced windsurf race |
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Liz losing narrowly to
Steve on the tennis court |
A quick game of 'compact
golf'
before we head home |