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Now we’re back to the term-time hours, Friday sessions are shorter and that wasn’t helped today by the lifeguard being a bit late opening up. My arms were shockingly tired today. I think swimming with full bilateral breathing is definitely … Continue reading →

Not too hard to guess what I did today. I was slightly late getting to the pool, but one in the water I pretty much repeated yesterday’s session with only two 250s alternating breathing sides each length and the rest … Continue reading →

Oh, yes, pretty much the same set again today, but I’m now down to three 250s alternating breathing sides and then five with full bilateral breathing. Had to finish earlier than intended though having only done six 50s at the … Continue reading →

And yet another repeat of the previous session, but this time with the first thousand metres (as 250s) alternating the side to which I was breathing each length, and then the second thousand (again as 250s) full bilateral breathing. Total … Continue reading →

Another repeat of the previous session, but this time doing the last three 250s with bilateral breathing. At this rate I might never breathe only to one side ever again after next week 🙂 The 50s with tumble turns are … Continue reading →

Basically the same set as 31st August today, but this time I did the last two 250s with full bilateral breathing. It felt pretty good I thought. The 50s with bilateral breathing and tumble turns are slowly starting to come … Continue reading →

Today I swam pretty much the same session as yesterday. It was a harder start to the session to be honest. I was struggling a bit at first, but eventually got into things and by the last but one 250 … Continue reading →

Today I did 2km as 8 x 250m swimming “odd” lengths breathing to the left, “even” lengths breathing to the right, followed by 400m kick and finished with some 50s with full bilateral breathing trying to get into the tumble … Continue reading →

No swimming on Monday this week because of the bank holiday, but a repeat of last Friday today, and it felt very good. Things seem to be starting to come together. Total distance for the month: 47,200m Total distance for … Continue reading →

Missed out on swimming yesterday due to having more fun than any one person should be expected to handle at the dentist. Today I went back to my normal bilateral breathing practice, with some kick thrown in as well, for … Continue reading →