Work has been busy this week so due to that and still feeling a little tired after Monday night’s session I went for an easy 2,200m front crawl as 8 x 250m and 2 x 100m and called it a day at that point.
Total distance for the month: 11,300m
Total distance for this year: 471,500m
Distance compared to annual target: 44,800m ahead
Tri session today. The set was:
8 lengths swim
6 x 2 lengths maintaining stroke count, 30 seconds rest
3 x 12 lengths, 60 seconds rest
6 x 1 length catchup, 15 seconds rest
8 lengths swim down
Having spent all of Sunday coaching I was fairly tired to start with and the three four hundreds left me absolutely exhausted. I did manage to complete everything but two lengths of the swim down though, so I was fairly pleased.
Total distance for the month: 9,100m
Total distance for this year: 469,300m
Distance compared to annual target: 44,600m ahead
I ended up chatting to one of our club swimmers who was in the school session immediately before the public one, and then to his dad who was helping out, so got into the pool a little late. For that reason I just got my head down and swam 8 x 250m front crawl, just thinking about technique. It was quite a struggle towards the end. My arms were feeling very tired.
Total distance for the month: 6,900m
Total distance for this year: 467,100m
Distance compared to annual target: 44,400m ahead
Pretty much the same session as yesterday for today. I was planning something else but it requires the use of the pace clock, which still isn’t working. I stopped early and prodded the staff about fixing it (I first mentioned it back in September), so in the end did 2,400m.
Total distance for the month: 4,900m
Total distance for this year: 465,100m
Distance compared to annual target: 44,400m ahead
Last night I took my first steps towards becoming a swimming judge (or White Walker, as I understand they’re sometimes known these days).
The first session was partly an introduction to the training and paperwork, followed by completing the race timing element of the training. Nothing particularly complex there.
We started with a stopwatch test, which we were told takes place in each briefing. By sheer chance I stopped my watch on exactly the same time as the tutor. After a little more discussion we went poolside and spent most of the rest of the evening timing swimmers from the host club. Nothing at all strenuous. We did have one or two failures at first when people weren’t ready because they were still transcribing times, but other than that it was all quite relaxed.
Next up is videos covering the rules for each stroke and race, after which we’ll start going to galas.
Exactly the same swim as yesterday, but without any issues over sharing the lane. Largely because I had the pool to myself for the first half hour. Always a bit strange, that, being the only person sharing such a huge space with the lifeguard.
Total distance for the month: 2,500m
Total distance for this year: 462,700m
Distance compared to annual target: 44,000m ahead
Last swim of the month and another good session today, other than a bit of an altercation with a very much slower swimmer who got upset when I bumped her feet a few times. I did explain that it is accepted lane etiquette that you should expect it when swimming with faster swimmers and allow them to pass at the end of the next length, but she wasn’t having any of it. Apparently it has never happened to her before in forty years of swimming. Perhaps she normally swims on her own. Hey ho.
Anyhow, swam 8 x 250m followed by 8 x 50m and 100m swim down. Not such a great result in terms of distance for this month, but I have had a couple of poor days and two days off. Recalculating my target for the end of the month still looks like I’m well ahead for the time being, at least. That may change now as I’m having other thoughts about how I organise my training. More of that another time.
Total distance for the month: 45,000m
Total distance for this year: 460,200m
Distance compared to annual target: 43,500m ahead
It’s Monday, so it must be a tri session… Really enjoyed it this evening. The session was:
4 x 3 lengths swim, 20 seconds rest
10 x 1 length maximum distance without breathing, 15 seconds rest
4 x 3 lengths easy pull, 30 seconds rest
6 x 1 length finger drag, 10 seconds rest
4 x 3 lengths strong pull, 30 seconds rest
2 x 6 lengths strone swim, 30 seconds rest
6 lengths swim down
I think for the first time I completed the session and still had time in hand, though I did drop back to one-sided breathing for some of it. Total distance was just over 2,300m.
Total distance for the month: 42,500m
Total distance for this year: 457,700m
Distance compared to annual target: 39,700m ahead
For a change, a longer session on a Friday. It being half term there are no schools to worry about. Again worked on front crawl. Still feeling a bit under the weather. Did another 2,400m working on technique.
Total distance for the month: 40,200m
Total distance for this year: 455,400m
Distance compared to annual target: 39,400m ahead
Didn’t swim yesterday because I felt very tired and today was quite a struggle too. I think I have a mild cold that is at least partly to blame. Still managed 2,400m, again just working on technique.
Total distance for the month: 37,800m
Total distance for this year: 453,000m
Distance compared to annual target: 39,000m ahead
