Tag Archives: training

Today I was definitely expecting to be tough. I decided if I could make ten reps of my new set before failing then I was doing really well and I’d be very pleased with myself. Unfortunately we had no lane … Continue reading →

So, back to the pool again with the intent of properly completing the set I really should have had done and dusted yesterday. By comparison the pool was really quite busy today, but fortunately I had a lane to myself … Continue reading →

Same session as last time again, but today I had a hope of finishing it without a fail having got as far as rep 20 on my last session. I had the pool to myself for the better part of … Continue reading →

Bit of a chaotic session today. I’ve never seen the pool so busy in this Friday slot. I nearly didn’t go, in fact, as I didn’t sleep very well last night and then we had a visitor who only left … Continue reading →

A repeat of my previous session today, though I had a day off yesterday. I was intending to swim, but a night out playing skittles on Tuesday put paid to that idea 🙂 The pool was eerily quiet when I … Continue reading →

Back with a reduced rest interval today. I was expecting this one to be tough, but actually it wasn’t so bad. I failed once, on rep 15. Admittedly I was getting a little ragged towards the end, but not hideously … Continue reading →

Another repeat of my last session today, but this time with the hope that I’d be able to get through the session with just one failure, having had two in both previous attempts. As it happened I managed to get … Continue reading →

Forced myself back to the pool today despite not really feeling on it thanks to sleeping badly last night. And I’d have to admit that I didn’t really swim as well as I felt I could. However, repeating yesterday’s set … Continue reading →

Back to the pool today with a new, faster, target, fully expecting it to be quite tough. I wasn’t wrong this time, either. It really was hard work. Had my first failure on rep 12 and another on 20, but … Continue reading →

I arrived on poolside today to find a number of slow(er than me) swimmers taking up multiple lanes. Fortunately the lifeguards were happy to make another lane for me. I don’t relish the prospect of piling into some lady twenty … Continue reading →