Author Archives: james

Had to skip a day, but starting to feel a little better now. 1,600m today, just trying to get back into the swing of things. Total distance for the month: 4,100m Total distance for this year: 506,600m Distance compared to … Continue reading →

Another difficult day. Only 1,500m this time. Total distance for the month: 2,500m Total distance for this year: 505,000m Distance compared to annual target: 5,000m over

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →