Author: James Mullarkey
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Great North Swim, Windermere 2015
After almost drowning in Windermere two years ago I felt like I had unfinished business at the Great North Swim.
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Eliminating crossover in a freestyle swimming stroke
One of the biggest problems I’ve had in swimming is crossover in my freestyle stroke. It’s probably been the biggest contributor to me being slower than I would like.
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Early vertical forearm (EVF) in freestyle swimming explained with video clips
Early vertical forearm (EVF) in freestyle swimming is essential. These video clips explain how it works.
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Sponsor me to swim 14 km along the Thames
I’m swimming Bridge to Bridge a 14 km swim along the Thames from Henley-on-Thames to Marlow.
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Swimathon 2015
Swimathon is an annual event run since 1986 in local swimming pools across the country. There are distances of 1.5, 2.5 and 5 km and I thought I would do 5 as otherwise it would be too easy.
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The Cobble Monster 2015
The sixth edition of the Cobble Monster took place on on the 12th April and I’ve created this Storify showcasing the day.
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A tribute to Mark Bell
I’ve never heard Mark Bell speak and know almost nothing about him but consider myself lucky to have been around during his music career. I’m very sad to hear of his death.
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Web Literacy Ninja Badge
To gain this Meta level badge I have to demonstrate I meet all 15 competencies of the Mozilla web literacy map.
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Mozilla web literacy map: connecting
In this post I discuss the Connecting: participating on the web thread of the web literacy map from Mozilla.
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Mozilla web literacy map: building
This post forms part of my evidence for earning the Web Literacy Ninja badge. For this badge I have show I meet all the competencies of the Web literacy map. This post covers the Building: connecting for the web strand of the map.