Author Archives: james

Yet again I was late to the pool today, but at least this time it was due to the arrival of a dumper truck that I’ve rented for the week of half-term so I can shift a load of spoil … Continue reading →

Very late to the pool today and missed about a third of the session, so I just got on with some front crawl and swam until the bell went for the end of playtime, which turned out to be 2,400m … Continue reading →

Today I finally decided to move on to the next Swimfit session, which was comparatively short, but involved quite a few pairs of fast/slow lengths: 20 lengths front crawl 1 minute rest 6 x 1 length front crawl, 20 seconds … Continue reading →

I was contemplating another SwimFit session today, but didn’t get myself organised in time and was feeling somewhat jaded having spent another weekend at Millfield pool, so took the easy option and ploughed through 2km of front crawl followed by … Continue reading →

A slightly different session today. I’ve decided it’s time to actually put some work into learning to breathe bilaterally. I didn’t learn to do so as a child and now find that if I try to breathe to my right … Continue reading →

A return, probably for the final time I think, to that same Swimfit session today: 12 lengths front crawl 8 lengths breaststroke 4 lengths backstroke 1 minute rest 2 x ( 2 lengths each of front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke ) … Continue reading →

Slightly late to the pool today and immediately I got in the water the nosepiece of my goggles broke. Fortunately I carry a few spare pairs including some for the children when they’re training, but it took me five minutes … Continue reading →

Today I returned to that old, old Swimfit session. Actually, it didn’t go that badly. I’m really not happy that my breaststroke is genuinely improving, but I did spend a fair bit of the session working on having my arms … Continue reading →