Tag Archives: training

I thought two of us were going to have the lane to ourselves today, but a couple of other swimmers arrived slightly late and I lost track of where I was whilst we were shuffling ourselves about. The dream continues … Continue reading →

I don’t usually do bank holiday swimming sessions, but given the more formal arrangements for lanes etc. at the moment I thought I’d give it a go today. There were only two of us using the fast lane at the … Continue reading →

Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice… I wasn’t expecting much today having had another poor night’s sleep as well as my muscles still feeling a bit tired from yesterday. There were three other people in the lane, one of whom in … Continue reading →

It’s strange how these things go… Some days you just can’t get anywhere near where you know you can be, some others you exceed your expectations by miles. I’ve not been sleeping particularly well this week. Often I’ve been quite … Continue reading →

It was a bit of a chaotic trip to the pool today. I got halfway to the pool to find the road closed. No warnings or diversion signs or anything helpful like that beforehand 🙁 So, I had to turn … Continue reading →

An earlier swimming session than normal today, so I could get my hair cut for the first time in four months! How much faster will I be now? 🙂 I reduced the interval to 95 seconds for today as planned … Continue reading →

A repeat of yesterday’s set, which I honestly thought probably couldn’t go any better, but in fact I had around a quarter of my 50m swims below 47s and only a couple in the 48s, so I was both pleased … Continue reading →

Having managed the previous sessions without too much bother today I knocked five seconds off the interval, bringing it down to 100 seconds. Until such time as I get closer to having twenty to twenty-five seconds rest that’s all I’m … Continue reading →

I stuck with the same plan for today as yesterday and very happily found that for all of my 50m reps I was a comfortable second faster than I’d managed only twenty-four hours previously. Even the 25m reps were no … Continue reading →

I decided to work off the clock when I swam today, but still take it fairly easy, so I set myself a target of doing twenty 50m swims in under 60 seconds on an interval of 105 seconds. After that … Continue reading →