Category Archives: Swimming

Work stress is still messing up my sleep a fair bit and I had quite a lethargic weekend. Just got back from my swim. It started fairly hideously, not even managing ten reps before I had to skip one because … Continue reading →

I had a more successful pool visit today, swimming to the end of the session, but I did have to skip the odd rep here and there (four in total I think) to get through it. Still clearly quite tired. … Continue reading →

Well, I went to the pool today and it was absolutely awful 🙁 I had no energy and became so tired so quickly. Not entirely surprising perhaps. I worked 9:15am to 2:30am (not a typo) on Tuesday and then 9:15am … Continue reading →

Off to the pool today having skipped yesterday thanks to the bank holiday. After the success of last week I knocked another five seconds off my interval time, so I was starting a new rep every 1’25s. By a dozen … Continue reading →

As soon as I got in the water today I could feel that they weren’t fully recovered, although I did manage 46s for my first rep. After that things settled down and I was swimming around 49s/50s for most reps. … Continue reading →

The aim today was to keep going with my 50m reps, but with a reduced interval of 1’30s. Things started well enough and I was maintaining a pace of around 49s, but it started to get tough fairly quickly. After … Continue reading →

It was crazy in the pool today. I arrived at the sports centre, probably five minutes before they start letting people in, and there was already a queue of about a dozen people! By the time we got in the … Continue reading →

Tough one today. Another five seconds off the recovery time, so starting reps on 1’35s. Doubly tough because that interval means the hand positions for the starting times on the pool pace clock are jumping all over the place. Perhaps … Continue reading →

It was busy at the pool today. Probably more than I’ve seen it since the first day they were allowed to open. Every lane was at least half full. Despite that the fast lane was working pretty well and I … Continue reading →

Right, off to the pool this lunchtime, bang out thirty reps of 50m at the same pace as earlier in the week, but five seconds less for the rest interval. Easy peasy! Err, no 😀 The first fifteen weren’t too … Continue reading →