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Swimming, 12th December 2017

Posted on January 31, 2018 by james

Having passed my target at the end of November I had a difficult few weeks with some sort of cold virus that left me utterly exhausted. Only managed 1,000m today and it was a real struggle. Total distance for the … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 28th November 2017

Posted on January 31, 2018 by james

Not very far today. Only managed 1,500m today and it was a real struggle. Total distance for the month: 42,300m Total distance for this year: 502,500m Distance compared to annual target: 2,500m over

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Swimming, 24th November 2017

Posted on January 31, 2018 by james

Finally reached my target of 500km for the year today. I only really needed to swim 1.1km, but was hardly going to stop there, so I carried on until I reached 501km having swum 2,100m. Total distance for the month: … Continue reading →

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My first club USRPT set

Posted on November 23, 2017 by james

I’d been asked to do an “endurance” type set this evening (no, not having your face smothered in jam and stuck in a box of ants or anything like they used to do on that Japanese television show that Clive … Continue reading →

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Yet another new pair of goggles

Posted on November 23, 2017 by james

Six months ago I had something of a struggle to find a new pair of swimming goggles, but eventually settled on a pair of Finis Bolt goggles that I found very comfortable once I’d got used to them and served … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 23rd November 2017

Posted on November 23, 2017 by james

Ok, so I went a bit mad today. Initially I just wanted to do enough to make sure I could make my 500,000m target tomorrow, but I was enjoying it and got a bit carried away, eventually doing 2 x … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 22nd November 2017

Posted on November 22, 2017 by james

Another push for the finishing tape today. Pretty much the same swim as yesterday, but there was time for another 200m at the end, so my total for the day was 2,800m as 8 x 250m, 4 x 200m. My … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 21st November 2017

Posted on November 21, 2017 by james

Bit of a short session today for various reasons, so I just cracked on with 8 x 250m followed by 3 x 200m, all front crawl, pretty much to try to rack up enough distance this week to reach my … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 20th November 2017

Posted on November 21, 2017 by james

Tonight my daughter and I swam another USRPT set, her on fly, me on front crawl. We didn’t have much time, so my plan was for 200m warm up, 25 x 50m fly/front crawl and then 200m swim down. Today … Continue reading →

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Swimming, 17th November 2017

Posted on November 18, 2017 by james

Thought I’d have another crack at a longer swim today, but I needed ten lengths to get warmed up given some remaining tiredness in the muscles from yesterday. After that I managed another 1km swim, followed by another 250, 6 … Continue reading →

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