Category Archives: Swimming

I wasn’t able to swim yesterday because the centre was short of lifeguards again, so I turned up today wondering what it would be like after last Thursday’s disaster. As it turned out, the answer was not as bad as … Continue reading →

I wasn’t feeling particularly great yesterday — I think I must have slept awkwardly and woke up with a stiff neck and shoulder, so I didn’t swim. I probably shouldn’t have bothered today. It was dire 🙁 Less said the … Continue reading →

Well, what a blinding session… Four people in the fast lane including myself, some swimming a good deal slower than I was, but nobody happened to be in the way at any crucial point during my 50m set and I … Continue reading →

I had a bit of a scrappy start to today’s session. It took me a few reps of my 50m set to get into the groove at which point I completely lost it again because someone told their child to … Continue reading →

Bit of a scrappy day today. There were a couple of other swimmers in the fast lane who were significantly slower than me which made things a bit awkward and to add to my troubles I was actually feeling quite … Continue reading →

Another really good day today, at least as far as my 50m set was concerned. Like the previous session I still had one failure, but this time on rep fourteen rather than rep ten. I was completely exhausted by the … Continue reading →

Another quiet day in the fast lane after being busy for several weeks. Most of the time there were three of us, but for some of it only two. I reduced my interval by five seconds and was expecting it … Continue reading →

Whilst the pool has been quite busy over the last few Sundays, today it was really pretty quiet, with only three of us in the fast lane. I wasn’t sure I really had my head in the right place when … Continue reading →

Sigh. So yesterday was great. Today I just felt soooo tired. Perhaps because I worked hard yesterday, but most likely because I didn’t sleep at all well last night. I really struggled to make the target time today with two … Continue reading →