Author Archives: james

Rubbish swim today 🙁 To get to the sports centre I have to cross the bridge over the railway in the town, but it was closed and the posted diversion was about ten miles. I ended up dodging down country … Continue reading →

Swimming was really hard work today after sleeping quite badly last night thanks to the humidity. I was feeling so tired after forty lengths and pushed on a bit further, but fifty-two was the best I could manage which is … Continue reading →

Another trip to the pool late this afternoon. Given that there were fifteen people in the same session last week I was expecting it to be relatively busy, but in fact only five people turned up and I had the … Continue reading →

Another swim today. In some respects it wasn’t so hard as earlier in the week, but my body is clearly tired. There really wasn’t a lot of power in the stroke. Friday must be more popular too, as there must … Continue reading →

I went to the pool again today having skipped yesterday to give myself a bit of recovery time. Numbers have dwindled from fifteen on Monday (half the capacity of the pool I think) to only five (including myself) today and … Continue reading →

Ohhhh, I ache now… Another fifty minutes in the pool. Not counting again, but I probably did anywhere between sixty and eighty lengths. My tumble turns are improving a bit and the swimming is becoming less about surviving, giving me … Continue reading →

I swam for the first time since March 20th this afternoon. It was very well organised, though we did have to queue outside the centre — fine if it is sunny like today, but I can’t see that being popular … Continue reading →