Author Archives: james

Really enjoyed today. Swam 2km as 8 x 250m faster than I’ve managed since I got the hang of bilateral breathing. I really wasn’t working that hard either. At the tri session the coach said I needed to work on … Continue reading →

And back to the evening tri fitness session, which was along the lines of: 4 x 2 lengths counting strokes 6 x 1 length swimming to halfway before breathing, 10 seconds rest 6 x 1 length sprint, 20 seconds rest … Continue reading →

Quite a short swim today as the preceeding school session overran into the public session and I just had to make do with what was left of what is already a short session to start with. Not a big deal … Continue reading →

Woohoo! Today I passed the 400km mark for the year. Very pleased. A quick check from last year puts me just over 63km ahead of where I was on the same day. Today I did 2km front crawl as 8 … Continue reading →

Pretty much the same as yesterday today. Not very inventive I know, but if I’m going to experiment with drills for coaching I do need to have some idea of how hard they are. Total distance for the month: 34,300m … Continue reading →

Feeling a bit tired from the tri session, so I just kept it simple, as 2km front crawl followed by 500m of experimenting with fly kick drills that I’m going to set for my swimmers later in the week. Turns … Continue reading →

Lost track of things a bit at the tri fitness session this evening. As sometimes happens I started swimming and was concentrating on technique and lost track of the lengths. Fortunately the people sharing the lane hadn’t got quite so … Continue reading →

Short session today and we didn’t actually get into the water until five minutes after it had started, so I just focused on doing 8x250m front crawl, putting in a tumble turn at the deep end at the end of … Continue reading →

Today I felt slightly more on top of things and not so tired, managing 2km front crawl as 8x250m followed by 6x50m front crawl kick and 200m as 50s working on turns again. Total distance for the month: 25,300m Total … Continue reading →