Category Archives: Swimming

Yet again work interferes with my swimming and I didn’t get to go yesterday. I didn’t sleep particularly well last night either, so wasn’t sure what to expect today. Unfortunately it was rather disappointing and I struggled through the entire … Continue reading →

Work interfered earlier this week so I didn’t get to swim on Tuesday. I didn’t get a great night’s sleep so today felt as though it was going to be a bit of a struggle, but actually on the 50m … Continue reading →

Still not feeling entirely as bright as I’d like, but never mind. A later swim today because it’s half term and the pool had a “fun” session running at my normal time. Swimming can be fun? Who knew? 😀 Anyhow, … Continue reading →

Had to skip yesterday as I was watching my children swim instead, and discussing some arrangements for starting to coach again towards the end of the month. Again I was feeling quite tired and really struggling to find the power … Continue reading →

I didn’t get a very good night’s sleep last night and was feeling really quite tired, but forced myself to swim anyhow. Pleasingly I managed twelve reps at 50m before my only failure. No real improvement on the 25s though.

Same set as last time, but this time I made one more rep of the 50m swims before failing. That’ll do me.

So, after the successes of this week, my new set is: 400m f/c warm-up 18 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 80s five minutes rest 18 x 25m f/c, target time 20s, turnaround 60s 200m swim down Today I … Continue reading →

Work is getting in the way of swimming a bit at the moment, so I ended up missing out on Tuesday. I decided I’d have another go at the same set despite completing it on Monday, just to prove that … Continue reading →