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A very enjoyable swim today. Into the water and I was off on a 1,500m swim straight away. Now I can do that in under 30 minutes I really need to start looking at getting the tumble turns in. I reckon that the glide into the wall, turn and push off might easily drop five seconds a length, which over sixty lengths ought to take me down to less than twenty-five minutes, assuming I can handle the removal of the little rest that each slow turns gives me 🙂

After that I did more front crawl, kick and bilateral breathing practice. At 3,200m I was feeling so good that I did another 100m and would have gone on, but for the fact that I really had other things I ought to be doing.

So, 59km for the month which I think is my best ever. I am quite chuffed.

Total distance for the month: 59,000m
Total distance for this year: 311,100m
Distance compared to annual target: 14,500m ahead

Something of a mix-up at the pool today as they’d changed the time of the assessments for the life guard training they’ve been doing this week, but neglected to tell anyone or update the website. We were eventually got it sorted, which is just as well given how awkward it is getting to the pool at the moment. Fortunately I think the road works should finish at some point this week and life will hopefully return to something approaching normal.

Anyhow, after warming up I did thirty 50s practising bilateral breathing, followed by some front crawl kick, for a total of 2,200m. An easier end to quite a busy week.

Total distance for the month: 55,700m
Total distance for this year: 307,800m
Distance compared to annual target: 13,200m ahead

A repeat of yesterday, but sadly in a cramped lane with too great a variation in swimmer speeds, making it quite difficult to build a rhythm 🙁

Total distance for the month: 53,500m
Total distance for this year: 305,600m
Distance compared to annual target: 13,000m ahead

Beat the lifeguard trainees into the pool today and had most of my swimming done before they arrived. Really enjoyed the session, too. So much that having reached 3km of front crawl, kick and bilateral breathing practice I did a couple of hundred metres more for the hell of it 🙂

Even if I hadn’t done the extra distance, today marks the passing of 50km for the month and 300km for the year which is really pleasing.

Total distance for the month: 50,300m
Total distance for this year: 302,400m
Distance compared to annual target: 11,800m ahead

Even more changes today as half the pool was taking up by people doing their NPLQ lifeguard training, so it was a bit cramped having to share the test with parents taking their children for a splash around. Still managed 2,900m of front crawl, kick and bilateral breathing practice.

Total distance for the month: 47,100m
Total distance for this year: 299,200m
Distance compared to annual target: 10,600m ahead

Complete change of arrangements for the next couple of months as the pool has switched to the school holidays timetable. Fortunately for most of my session it was pretty empty, only getting busy quite near the end. It was fun, too. So much so that I pushed the distance to 3,200m of front crawl, kick and bilateral breathing practice.

Total distance for the month: 44,200m
Total distance for this year: 296,300m
Distance compared to annual target: 9,700m ahead

Fridays are usually shorter sessions and I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do, but after 20 lengths warming up one of the swimming club parents turned up to do some training on 50s, so I decided to do the same and practice bilateral breathing. I only covered 1,600m as a result, including doing a few lengths of kick at the end, but it’s not been a bad week so I was happy with that.

Total distance for the month: 41,000m
Total distance for this year: 293,900m
Distance compared to annual target: 8,500m ahead

Pretty much a re-run of yesterday. Same sort of session, same distance covered 🙂

Total distance for the month: 39,400m
Total distance for this year: 291,500m
Distance compared to annual target: 8,900m ahead