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Still not entirely comfortable with my shoulder so I’m going to take it easy for a few more days. Today I just swam 15 x 100m front crawl at a comfortable pace.

USRPT distance this year: 27,350m
Total distance this year: 58,700m

Back in the pool after almost three weeks off 🙁

My shoulder pain continued, so I have tried to rest it as much as possible. These things seem to take so much longer to heal when you’re no longer in the first flush of youth 🙂 Today though I was just desperate to get back in the pool so I took things easy and just did ten 100s at a relatively relaxed pace to see how it went, which was fine really. Next week I shall attempt to get back into things properly with a set of 50s with a 55s target and 20s rest interval.

USRPT distance this year: 27,350m
Total distance this year: 57,200m

Another attempt at this one with a view to finishing it off:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s
200m front crawl swim down

And finish it off I did, though with quite a few reps getting into the 49s and 50s. That should mean a change to bring the rest interval down to 20s next time, but it’s half term and getting to the pool isn’t quite as easy due to the holiday clubs held at the sports centre. I’ve also developed a niggling pain in my right shoulder which I don’t attribute to swimming as it’s never painful whilst I’m in the pool and it feels more as though it’s in the upper trapezius rather than any of the muscles around the shoulder joint. Have to see how it goes.

USRPT distance this year: 27,350m
Total distance this year: 56,200m

Ok, so I skipped another day, but the same session as Tuesday:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s
200m front crawl swim down

I think it gets harder as the week goes on 🙂 A few 47s, plenty of 48s and 49s and then a few reps drifting out to 50s towards the end…

All done though, so another attempt tomorrow should hopefully finish this one off.

USRPT distance this year: 26,100m
Total distance this year: 54,350m

First session for a new target time:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s
200m front crawl swim down

All achieved with little fuss. Same again tomorrow.

USRPT distance this year: 24,850m
Total distance this year: 52,500m

Another attempt at yesterday’s session:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 56s, rest interval 24s
200m front crawl swim down

Not a great performance as there were quite a few 50s times, but I did the entire set nonetheless.

Next time it’s a 55s target and 25s rest.

USRPT distance this year: 23,600m
Total distance this year: 50,650m

Rested yesterday as I’m really struggling to do these sets every day. Today it was back to the set I did on Tuesday:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 56s, rest interval 24s
200m front crawl swim down

It felt much harder than on Tuesday, mostly hitting 47s and 48s with a few 49s thrown in, particularly in the second half of the set. Still, I finished every one, so the target time has to come down once more to 55s with a rest interval of 25s. Hopefully I can do the first of those tomorrow. After three successes at that I’ll be dropping the rest interval by 5s which I think is going to make it much more difficult.

USRPT distance this year: 22,350m
Total distance this year: 48,800m

Same set as yesterday:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 56s, rest interval 24s
200m front crawl swim down

I wasn’t really sure what to expect having struggled a bit yesterday, but in the end surprised myself finishing most of the reps in 47 or 48s with a couple of 46s thrown in for good measure.

USRPT distance this year: 21,100m
Total distance this year: 46,950m

Not thrilled with the idea of swimming today. Still suffering from some pain in my shoulder. I think perhaps down to sleeping in a strange position or perhaps lifting something awkwardly. It doesn’t appear to be swimming related however. In fact other than some stiffness above my collar bone when streamlining, it’s possibly more comfortable when swimming than otherwise at the moment.

Anyhow, despite the lack of enthusiasm I was back to the set I failed to complete on Friday:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 56s, rest interval 24s
200m front crawl swim down

For most of the reps I managed 48s or 49s, with a few 47s and then drifting out to 50s over the last five or so, despite the chap swimming breaststroke next to me who kept drifting over into my path. Managed the entire set this time which is good news, so despite my motivation being on holiday I was happy at the end.

USRPT distance this year: 19,850m
Total distance this year: 45,100m

Attempting a repeat of the last session, but with a shorter warm-up to make sure I had time to complete the set.

300m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 56s, rest interval 24s
200m front crawl swim down

Unfortunately I had some pain in my shoulder (though not from swimming) and had to miss a rep as a result. Otherwise I was doing ok.

USRPT distance this year: 18,600m
Total distance this year: 43,250m