Category Archives: Swimming

And yet another repeat of the previous session, but this time with the first thousand metres (as 250s) alternating the side to which I was breathing each length, and then the second thousand (again as 250s) full bilateral breathing. Total … Continue reading →

Another repeat of the previous session, but this time doing the last three 250s with bilateral breathing. At this rate I might never breathe only to one side ever again after next week 🙂 The 50s with tumble turns are … Continue reading →

Basically the same set as 31st August today, but this time I did the last two 250s with full bilateral breathing. It felt pretty good I thought. The 50s with bilateral breathing and tumble turns are slowly starting to come … Continue reading →

Today I swam pretty much the same session as yesterday. It was a harder start to the session to be honest. I was struggling a bit at first, but eventually got into things and by the last but one 250 … Continue reading →

Today I did 2km as 8 x 250m swimming “odd” lengths breathing to the left, “even” lengths breathing to the right, followed by 400m kick and finished with some 50s with full bilateral breathing trying to get into the tumble … Continue reading →

No swimming on Monday this week because of the bank holiday, but a repeat of last Friday today, and it felt very good. Things seem to be starting to come together. Total distance for the month: 47,200m Total distance for … Continue reading →

Missed out on swimming yesterday due to having more fun than any one person should be expected to handle at the dentist. Today I went back to my normal bilateral breathing practice, with some kick thrown in as well, for … Continue reading →

Bit of a change for today. I went to a SwimFit session at one of the local pools. It was quite a tough session, mostly drills and kick, so I didn’t cover much distance — only 1,200m. Not sure I’m … Continue reading →

Back to the same practice for bilateral breathing — breathe to the left on “odd” lengths and to the right on “even”, for 2,000m. I also tried to bear in mind the observations of the coach from Monday night that … Continue reading →

I went to the tri fitness swimming session in the 33.3m pool again today, but instead of my normal swim session rather than in addition to it. It was quite a different set to last week: 6 lengths swim 6 … Continue reading →