Breakdancing - you don’t need but will want some fly kicks and a b boy tracksuit
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That’s the plan, after a few days I’m going for 100 100’s off 2 mins too.
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Nah Parkour you’d need to spend money on physio when you smash yourself up
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blimey…you have more blind spots than my Range Rover…
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Do you need to?
Nope, but it’s a goal I’ve set myself & it’s the only time I will get the pool time to do it
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ok mate…good luck…
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I did it last year. Don’t make my mistakes :
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I don’t normally take any food or drink to the pool. Works ok for a 30 minute session but not so well for a session that lasts 3h20.
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if you start in the late afternoon it may go dark before you’ve finished & maybe you can’t see your watch for counting laps.
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make sure watch is fully charged or it might conk out on lap 99
All that said, I did kind of enjoy it. But not enough to go back there. No way 
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i mentor a woman who does it every year in a small group…
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Birthday set!
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Have fun.
I made sure I had plenty of fluids, some sport drinks and a box of Haribos
Started off very comfy and didn’t really try and push it
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Good luck Doka - in a few weeks I’m doing an event at Sea Lanes in Brighton which is 50 x 100m off 2:15.
Maybe if that goes well I could build up to 100 x 100 at some point.
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Cheers all, came armed with tailwind 
, it will be in the morning 1st thing as the pool starts warm in the morning & gets 
in the afternoon. I’ll be steady away, did some dumy 100s yesturday & 1:40-1:42 feels about right.
Today is out, had a run , not sure how you do your runs in the heat & humidity @fruit_thief.
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When he’s an adult, and certainly if he becomes a parent himself, he will retrospectively realise the effort you went you 
I do the same for my Son’s Basketball; again as it’s not chavball or Rugby it’s quite expensive and a lot of travel to somewhere they play it.
My wife and I joke that kids now are so fortunate to have parents who actually hug them and tell them they love them 
(as opposed to previous generations who were more stoic).
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A couple of years ago my mum apologised to me for not being supportive of my ambitions as a youth. She was happy enough and supportive when it was a hobby but she was a blocker as a profession. I have been over it for decades but surprised at the reflection.
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What were your ambitions?
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He wanted to be 5ft 8
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I’ve witnessed some spectacular flounces for much less than that 
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A rabbit in a hat with bat?
A six-four impala?
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I meant be smaller … maybe 
he actually wanted to be a jockey if my memory hasn’t failed me too much
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