Tag Archives: training

Gotta love Better’s website. First day of the school Easter holidays and their online pool timetable is a mess. The only way to find out what’s really happening is to get a piece of paper from the leisure centre with … Continue reading →

Same set as yesterday for today, hoping I could get a little better than a first failure at rep eighteen: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50.5s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down I really did feel tired … Continue reading →

A new set for today, dropping half a second off my previous target time: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target time 50.5s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down Pretty much every time I go to the pool now I … Continue reading →

Off to the pool again today with hope in my heart that I might complete my current set: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 51s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down When I walked out on poolside there were … Continue reading →

Off to the pool this afternoon for another attempt at my latest set: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 51s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down I was first into the pool because there was a school session beforehand, … Continue reading →

Off to the pool today not really knowing what to expect. After yesterday’s set went so well it might have been another really good session. On the other hand perhaps that was just a flash in the pan. The set … Continue reading →

I hard the pool to myself at the start of today’s session. I was expecting a tough set, having dropped down from a target time of 55s a week ago to 52s today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, … Continue reading →

It was all a bit of a rush to get to the pool today as we had a visit from a structural engineer to assess the barn we’re planning to convert to a holiday cottage that didn’t leave much time … Continue reading →

A new target today: 400m f/c warm-up 24 x 50m f/c, target 54s, turnaround 75s 200m swim down One second faster than the set I completed on Thursday last week. I wasn’t feeling great when I got to the pool … Continue reading →