Monthly Archives: June 2017

The short session of the week, shortened further by the absence of a life guard at the start of the session 🙁 My plan was to do the next Swimfit session: 5 minutes easy swim alternating lengths of front crawl … Continue reading →

Pretty much more of the same as I’ve been doing all week today, though my session was shortened by the fact that we had to wait ten minutes from the start of the session before a life guard was available … Continue reading →

Pretty much the same as the previous two days, though in a near-deserted pool this time. I was just a minute or so short to make it to 3km and had to get out so the next session could start … Continue reading →

Exactly the same session as yesterday though today in a far busier pool, at least until quite late into the session. I ended up swimming next to an older couple and overheard the husband saying to his wife that it … Continue reading →

Plenty of time today, so I swam 2,500m front crawl and then switched to kick and pull for 500m, working on bilateral breathing. I’ve come to the conclusion that doing kick with a float and using a pull with my … Continue reading →

Work prevented me from leaving on time for what is a short session on Fridays anyhow, so it was another front crawl only swim today. I reached 2,000m and decided that another four lengths might be pushing my luck a … Continue reading →

I just planned to do a front crawl and kick swim today. There was definite tiredness in my arms and back from the 8,500m I’d already done this week, but once I’d got going it really wasn’t too bad and … Continue reading →

There was a temptation today to have another go at swimming 3km, but after swimming a few lengths to warm up I could still feel the tiredness in my arms from the previous two days and I just knew it … Continue reading →