Author Archives: james

I slept fairly badly last night — woke up after four hours or so and spent the rest of the night drifting in and out of sleep feeling stressed about work. There was more work stress this morning too, so … Continue reading →

An excellent session at the pool today, despite being a little late in (no fault of my own in this case — they were a bit delayed cleaning the reception area between shift changes). I managed eighteen reps before having … Continue reading →

Didn’t manage to get to the pool yesterday because I had so much other stuff going on and today was quite odd in its own way. I took my usual cut-through to avoid the closed bridge to discover after half … Continue reading →

Late again for the pool today, but only a minute or so. I could tell from the start that my arms were tired, but I was determined to make those first fourteen reps. I was absolutely gasping when I did … Continue reading →

It turns out dropping another five seconds off my interval time makes my set quite hard 😀 Today didn’t start off well. I was late because the bridge that was being closed but hasn’t actually been fully closed for the … Continue reading →

I had a rubbish swim on Friday, struggling for breath all the time and having to take regular breaks. I was pleased therefore when I hit the pool today and managed to swim the entire session on the same rest … Continue reading →