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Even more changes today as half the pool was taking up by people doing their NPLQ lifeguard training, so it was a bit cramped having to share the test with parents taking their children for a splash around. Still managed … Continue reading →

Complete change of arrangements for the next couple of months as the pool has switched to the school holidays timetable. Fortunately for most of my session it was pretty empty, only getting busy quite near the end. It was fun, … Continue reading →

Fridays are usually shorter sessions and I wasn’t really sure what I was going to do, but after 20 lengths warming up one of the swimming club parents turned up to do some training on 50s, so I decided to … Continue reading →

Pretty much a re-run of yesterday. Same sort of session, same distance covered 🙂 Total distance for the month: 39,400m Total distance for this year: 291,500m Distance compared to annual target: 8,900m ahead

Arrived late at the pool yet again, but had a little more time to play with today. I still stuck with front crawl and kick however, for a total of 2,700m. Today it felt as though the swimming was starting … Continue reading →

Got to the pool very late on account of trying to find a better route that avoids the closed road, so I just did 2,200m front crawl and some kick until the session ended. Total distance for the month: 34,000m … Continue reading →

First day back at the usual indoor pool, and a pleasure to swim in cooler water, if quite hard work getting back into the swing of things. To celebrate I added a few hundred metres each of kick and bilateral … Continue reading →

Last swim in the outdoor pool today. The first 1,000m was very difficult and my arms felt painfully tired, but as the distance increased it all seemed to become easier and at the end I felt as though I could … Continue reading →

Still in the outdoor pool, but a bit different today as I was swimming with my daughter, and in the rain! It didn’t help that I was feeling a little tired, so I just did 1,800m in the end. Total … Continue reading →

An easier swim, largely because of the number of people to be avoided in the pool. Just 2.1km front crawl today. Total distance for the month: 24,800m Total distance for this year: 276,900m Distance compared to annual target: 6,300m ahead