Category Archives: Swimming

We had to stand outside the sports centre and wait until the posted start time of the session to be let in today. They’ve changed the arrangements slightly because they weren’t getting enough time to clean between sessions. I’m glad … Continue reading →

Had a narrow escape on the way to the pool today. I’d just emerged from the road I use to get around the closed bridge as a six-axle container truck passed me turning into it going the other way. That … Continue reading →

Getting to the pool today was a bit frantic. I ended up leaving at pretty much the last possible moment and then got stuck in traffic waiting for a chap to negotiate his container lorry around some narrow twisty bends. … Continue reading →

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 →

I skipped Tuesday’s swim because I was feeling a bit under the weather. I think just the side-effects of sleeping very badly as a result of all the work stress that’s going on at the moment and my body trying … Continue reading →