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Another attempt at this set today:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 20s
200m front crawl swim down

Performance was much better than yesterday, but unfortunately I still failed to complete the set. Today my failures were on reps 12, 16 and 23, meaning I actually completed 900m at race pace. Perhaps because of a combination of my time off and the shorter rest interval than I was previously on, my reps were quite a bit slower than previously — generally around 51s or 52s.

USRPT distance this year: 28,850m
Total distance this year: 63,200m

First USRPT session after stopping swimming because of shoulder problems, four weeks after my last one 🙁 The set was:

400m front crawl warm-up
25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 20s
200m front crawl swim down

This turned out to be a bit of a killer and I failed to complete the set. I had three failures, on reps 6, 13 and finally 17, at which point I called it a day, so in fact I only swam 600m at “race pace”. Hopefully things will be better tomorrow.

USRPT distance this year: 27,950m
Total distance this year: 61,700m

I hope this will be my last day before getting back into proper USRPT sessions. 18 x 100m swims today, which is close to the distance I’d normally cover.

USRPT distance this year: 27,350m
Total distance this year: 60,500m

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