Virtual Notice Board

Below is a virtual notice board of some of the things from this blog along with some times and some other virtual stuff! :)

thanks +Darwin Davies for making it look so real!

Exceptional (Inspiration)

My TYR Alliance Team Backpack 2

The only bag I ever want to be poolside with, my TYR Alliance Team Backpack 2, i'd be lost without it and so would most of the swimmers around the world I think.

It's big, strong, it's got loads of pockets and it's cool to customise. Mine's only got the badge I got for swimming for my county, an ID tag that my dad made and Ross Davenport's and Melanie Marshall's autographs but the girls at the City of Leicester have lots of things hanging from thiers!

What have you got hanging on yours?, maybe +TYR Sport Inc. should start a "what's on yours" photo campaign on twitter and on google+, i'm sure they'd get loads of picture tagged on @TYRSport

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200m Breast Regional (Midlands) Ranking Time

Hi guys, I saw this today whilst i was looking at my official times on-line at swimming.org. It was nice to see that i'm currently 6th in the region, in my age group. I've been working on my breaststroke lately and it feels really strong, can't wait for another short course meet to try it out!

There's also a few of my mates on there that I train with every day, Joshua Monroe, Elliot Ives and Joel Weston

Wherever you are in the world, what's your best ranked time?

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A few of my medals

Thought i'd upload a few shots from one of my medal shelves. This one shows my boxes for my Speedo Fastskin³ Elite jammers, Fastskin³ Elite goggles, Arena Powerskin R-Evo+ jammers and my Arena Cobra goggles that I use for training.

It also shows my medals from the City of Leicester open meet, the Coventry open meet, some from the County Championships, one from the Leicester Sharks and various others.

The one below are my medals from the Nuneaton and Bedworth Spring Qualifying Meet where I had my best meet ever....I won 4 Golds and 1 Silver and got into my first final!

My Beats Solo HD's

These are my Beats™ by Dr. Dre™ Solo™ HD headphones that I use when I'm poolside at swim meets....it wouldn't be the same without my Beats!

Dr Dre Beats Solo HD's get me in my zone

Michael Jamieson winning Silver 2012 Olympics

Racing in the 2012 Olympics Michael Jamieson won a silver medal in the 200 breast. He broke the British record three times, twice in the heats and once in the final!

We were in Swansea at the Welsh Nationals during the Olympics last year...it was great to be at such a huge swimming event during the Olympics, it made it very exciting!

We're going to the Swim Wales Summer Nationals again this year but going with the squad from the City of Leicester Swimming Club instead of just my family like last year...it'll be great to have my mates with me this year!

Last Day at Midlands Championships :(

Just relaxing after a long lunch and a new PB of 2.19.54 on 200m free long course. I went out hard on the first 100m and got 1.06.97....I paid the price for the last 50m though!

I went back poolside after lunch and got a 10 sec PB on my 200m I.M with a 2.39.38, pleased with that as long course isn't my thing usually

See you later!

Midland Age Group Championships Kit

It's been a busy week so far, moved up into year nine at school before the end of term, steady training, mainly short distance sprints and skills work. There's no training tomorrow morning as some of the squad are at the Midland Age Group Championships again. I'll be there all day Sunday where I'll be swimming 200 free and 200 I.M.

I've been wearing my new Midland hoodie and hat this week at training....after just missing out on a few Midlands qualifying times last year, it's taken 18 months to get those...It feels good to wear them at last!

I'll give you an update on Monday how I got on at the last day of the Midlands

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Midland Champs Hoodie and Hat

British Swimming Heroes Tour 2012

I found this photo of me and my sister +Hannah Davies at the British Swimming Heroes Tour last year at Coventry where we spent a few hours in the pool with all sorts of swimming olympians and paralympians including Michael Jamieson, Ross Davenport and James Goddard.

I'm second from the right middle row pulling the cheesey grin with my thumbs up and my sister is third from the left second row!

My Arena swim kit

I suppose it's like everything, it all comes down to choice and what gives you the confidence and ability to train well and compete at your best.

For training I only use the Arena Cobra goggles, in my mesh bag I have my kickboard pro along with my Arena powerfins and freeflow pullbouy

I have other brands of jammers for training and competing but my favorites are the Arena Powerskin R-Evo+ jammers, I wore these to get all of of my Midlands Championships regional qualifying times.

I've got my sights set on a pair of the new Fina approved Arena Powerskin Carbon Pro's but they'll have to wait until i've saved up :)

First day at the Midlands

Saturday 1st June was my first day at the Midlands Championships, I had a good day and PB'd on both of my swims. It's always nice to get your Midlands qualifying times at the Midlands!

The sun is shining and I'm off to training as usual tonight, looking forward to another week of taper training ready for another weekend at the Midlands :)

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Midland Age Group Championships this weekend!

It's the first weekend of the Midland Age Group Championships starting this Saturday. Can't wait! I'll be doing the 200 back and 400 free on Saturday.....having a good rest this week ready to smash it!

James Davies branding update

My dad's added the blogspot address and changed the colours slightly. I like this one!

Improving my front crawl

At training, I'm trying to improve my front crawl with the help of my coach at the City of Leicester +Suzi Bowen. Last night's session went well and it felt better....I know how I want it to be!

Today i'm at the local sports track all day (instead of school!) where I'll be running the 1500 metres. I'll hopefully see some of the city squad that I train with all the time....should be good as long as it isn't raining all day :(

Leicestershire County Championships

This is a picture of me (top middle) and some of my Leicester Sharks teammates at the last night of the Leicestershire County Championships

The championships take place over 3 weekends in March where around 450 swimmers compete from all over the county. It's a really busy time and there's hardly any room poolside

I was one of 42 swimmers in my age group, swimming 9 events in the championships and 

winning silver for my 400 freestyle. Here I am holding my trophy for finishing 4th overall in my age group within Leicestershire

Me at the LASA's

No swimming at the weekend!

Had a quiet weekend with only training on Saturday morning and the gym on Sunday

Here's another version of the logo being worked on by my dad....this one would look good on a white shirt or white swimming hat :)

Ponds Forge

Nothing more to say other than that I love this place....that's me in lane 1 at Ponds Forge

Midland Age Group Championships

Looking forward to going to the Midland Age Group Championships in June this year. Got qualifying times in the 200 and 400 free, 200 back and 200 I.M. Would really of liked my 200 breast too but ended up just over a second off....I'll get it before the end of the season!

In the training pool at Swimtech Leicester

Here's a picture of me at Swim Tech Leicester after a session of technique analysis with +Darwin Davies and +Guy Worrow 

And here's a little video of me trying to find the best pace to work on my breast stroke in the training pool