Category Archives: Swimming

I found it quite tough to keep the pace up today. I think perhaps all the stuff I was doing at the weekend wore me out a little more than I realised. Initially I couldn’t get my 50m reps below … Continue reading →

At last a slightly better day, though I’m still struggling with my sleep. My 50m reps today were almost all 43s, with a couple of 42s, and my 25m reps were all in the 18s. I can cope with that, … Continue reading →

My struggles continue 🙁 I can’t even blame it on the two teenage girls who opted to swim in the fast lane today as despite being at the slower end of the speed range they had exceptionally good lane discipline … Continue reading →

Ok, so yesterday wasn’t great and neither was today, although a minor improvement with more 50m reps below 44s and most of the 25m reps below 19s. I guess I can be happy with that for the time being.

I seem to be struggling to sleep quite a bit these days and it’s definitely having an effect on my swimming, just in terms of finding the energy to swim fast. I’m swimming the same set as previously, but today … Continue reading →

What a difference from yesterday! And despite having someone in the lane who was a bit of a mobile roadblock. Fast enough (just) to be there, but a fair bit slower than the fastest of us and with poor lane … Continue reading →

Today’s session was a bit of a struggle. I didn’t sleep well and it showed when the time came to find a bit of energy for swimming. The session wasn’t awful, just not particularly stunning. Most of the 50m reps … Continue reading →

It was a bit of a scrappy session today. Two of us in the fast lane were quite capable of swimming lengths around the twenty second mark, but we were sharing the lane with three others who were around ten … Continue reading →

Start of a new week, and having increased my interval for a couple of weeks after I was ill, I’m now starting to reduce it again. 20 x 50m freestyle, target 48s on an 85s interval recovery 25m freestyle, target … Continue reading →

A completely different day today. Whereas yesterday I had the entire lane to myself, today there were six of us. The others were swimming around 30s per length whereas I am doing around 20s per length which made it quite … Continue reading →