Tag Archives: training

Felt as though I worked hard today, but didn’t really get very far in what was a short session anyhow. I’ve come to the conclusion that when I breathe to the right (my weaker side) I’m lifting my head slightly … Continue reading →

Really struggled today. Arms felt very heavy. Eventually got out early having done 2,100m front crawl. Total distance for the month: 9,200m Total distance for this year: 424,400m Distance compared to annual target: 41,400m ahead

Work interfered with my usual daytime swim so I had to go this evening when only half the pool was available and there were more swimmers to dodge. So I kept things simple again with 8 x 250m followed by … Continue reading →

Simple session because I was still feeling a bit tired from the previous evening. I did 8 x 250m front crawl working on extension of the stroke followed by 200m fly kick and finished off with some 50s with a … Continue reading →

It’s Monday, so it must be the tri fitness session. The plan (all front crawl) was: 2 lengths swim 2 lengths catch up 2 lengths kick using a pull-buoy as a float Then four repeats of 2 lengths pull, breathing … Continue reading →

Today’s session didn’t start well as Friday is a short session anyhow and the school using the pool immediately before the public session were late getting out. Given that I wanted to be sure of making 50km for this month … Continue reading →

Another session working on extending my stroke. The muscles are starting to complain now 🙂 Then 8 25s fly kick. I can pretty much reach 15m underwater from a push off on demand now, which is progress for me. Just … Continue reading →

Much harder work today than yesterday, not helped by the fact that I was late into the pool in the first place. I did another 8 x 250m front crawl trying to keep my stroke long, followed by some fly … Continue reading →

Really enjoyed today. Swam 2km as 8 x 250m faster than I’ve managed since I got the hang of bilateral breathing. I really wasn’t working that hard either. At the tri session the coach said I needed to work on … Continue reading →

And back to the evening tri fitness session, which was along the lines of: 4 x 2 lengths counting strokes 6 x 1 length swimming to halfway before breathing, 10 seconds rest 6 x 1 length sprint, 20 seconds rest … Continue reading →