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After yesterday’s unimpressive performance, today’s was much better and back on a par with last Friday. I can be happy with that. No swimming tomorrow, but on Thursday I’ll knock five seconds off the interval and see how things go.

After a fairly busy weekend I wasn’t really in the mood to push myself harder today, so I decided I’d swim the same set as last time. Perhaps just as well, as it turned out: the 50m reps were a … Continue reading →

I skipped Thursday as I wasn’t feeling great at all and as I didn’t really know how things were going to go I stuck with the same session plan as earlier in the week. It all went pretty well really. … Continue reading →

It was a bit of a shock when I got into the pool today. A touch cooler than normal. One of the swim teachers who was swimming told me it was 29C. I guess they’re not so worried about the … Continue reading →

To my shame, I skipped last Friday’s swimming session. I actually really wanted to go, but my body was still in shock from the day before so I decided to give it a rest. Today however turned out to be … Continue reading →

Back to the pool after another enforced lay-off due to Covid restrictions, and I have to admit that it was tough. Not as bad as it was last time, exactly four months ago, but far from easy. I think I … Continue reading →

Another awkward day, but much better than earlier this week. I was sharing the lane with two swimmers of a similar pace and slightly slower than me, swimming continuously. So mostly I could avoid them, but every so often I’d … Continue reading →

Well, today was a bit of a disaster. Again I struggled a bit, but there were three slower swimmers in the lane (two significantly slower) which made the entire thing a bit of a mess. I swam over someone several … Continue reading →