Author Archives: james

A straight 2,500m front crawl swim today. I could definitely feel the effects of yesterday’s session, so it was quite tough. It’s clear that I’m not used to swimming so much breaststroke. On the bright side, I was keeping up … Continue reading →

Repeated the previous 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 ) 15 sec rest after each length 8 x ( … Continue reading →

Moved on to the next Swimfit session today, which worked out as: 12 lengths front crawl 8 lengths breaststroke 4 lengths backstroke 1 minute rest 2 x ( 2 lengths each of front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke ) 15 sec rest … Continue reading →

No coaching for me this evening but my daughter was training so I swam at the same time as her. I intended to do a fair bit of distance as I won’t be able to swim tomorrow so I just … Continue reading →

In an effort to improve upon yesterday I went to the pool at a different time today, but this time half the pool was taken up with “Senior Swim Lessons” and everyone else was squashed into the remainder until they … Continue reading →

Getting time in the pool is awkward this week and next because the timetables at the sports centre change for the school holidays. There was at least a lane for people who wanted to swim lengths once it was no … Continue reading →

Work impinged upon the time available for this session, so I just got in the pool and swam front crawl until the start of the subsequent swim school session, managing to cover 2,300m despite feeling the effects of the previous … Continue reading →

Oh yes, another crack at that Swimfit session: 14 lengths easy front crawl Rest up to one minute 6 x 1 length moderate front crawl, rest for 20 seconds 5 x 2 lengths fast front crawl, rest for 20 seconds … Continue reading →