Tag Archives: training

I had a pleasantly uneventful drive to and from the pool today. My target was to repeat Tuesday’s performance and swim reps of 50m in under 55s, leaving the wall every 80 seconds. It wasn’t easy and I felt a … Continue reading →

Cracking drive to and from the pool today. On turning down my usual cut-through to avoid the closed bridge I came up behind a flat-bed truck that was reversing down the lane because it had met another truck coming the … Continue reading →

I really struggled for energy today. Swimming felt so difficult and speed was very hard to find. I stuck with it though, and managed to improve on my result from Friday by swimming one extra rep before I had to … Continue reading →

Bonkers trip to the pool today. Driving through one of the local villages I discovered the road blocked by a Polish articulated lorry. I think the driver had stopped to try to find someone who could give him directions. I’d … Continue reading →

We had to stand outside the sports centre and wait until the posted start time of the session to be let in today. They’ve changed the arrangements slightly because they weren’t getting enough time to clean between sessions. I’m glad … Continue reading →

Had a narrow escape on the way to the pool today. I’d just emerged from the road I use to get around the closed bridge as a six-axle container truck passed me turning into it going the other way. That … Continue reading →

Getting to the pool today was a bit frantic. I ended up leaving at pretty much the last possible moment and then got stuck in traffic waiting for a chap to negotiate his container lorry around some narrow twisty bends. … Continue reading →

I slept fairly badly last night — woke up after four hours or so and spent the rest of the night drifting in and out of sleep feeling stressed about work. There was more work stress this morning too, so … Continue reading →

An excellent session at the pool today, despite being a little late in (no fault of my own in this case — they were a bit delayed cleaning the reception area between shift changes). I managed eighteen reps before having … Continue reading →

Didn’t manage to get to the pool yesterday because I had so much other stuff going on and today was quite odd in its own way. I took my usual cut-through to avoid the closed bridge to discover after half … Continue reading →