Tag Archives: training

Today was pretty much a re-run of yesterday. I got into the water and just felt as though I should go for another 1,500m front crawl to start with. Again, it got tough towards the end, but I made it … Continue reading →

After a weekend off (which I spent poolside coaching swimmers at a competition — just can’t get away from it), back into the water today and I just had it in my head that having done 1km front crawl non-stop … Continue reading →

Well, today was really quite hard. I could very much feel the tiredness in my arms from the week’s exertions in the pool. Fortunately for me the Friday pool sessions are shorter, so it was just a question of hanging … Continue reading →

For a change today the pool didn’t feel cold when I got into the water. Either the cooler weather or the lower temperature on poolside (it apparently reached 43C on the pool deck last Sunday) made the water feel warmer. … Continue reading →

It was so warm today that even at around 30C the pool felt quite cool when I got into the water. I thought it was going to be fairly quiet as there were only two of us queuing when the … Continue reading →

Another lovely day to be in the pool. Quite a busy day, too. I guess lots of people were taking the opportunity to cool off. I ended up in a lane between two people swimming breaststroke, so it was a … Continue reading →

Such a pleasant day to be in the pool, and I was very much enjoying it. I stuck to front crawl, swimming the first 1,000m non-stop, then another 1,500m in three sets, finishing off with some kick and finally pull … Continue reading →

An extra half hour or so in the water this week that I spent just practising bilateral breathing, swimming lengths with a pull-buoy. Total distance for the month: 28,000m Total distance for this year: 223,000m Distance compared to annual target: … Continue reading →

The short session of the week, shortened further by the absence of a life guard at the start of the session 🙁 My plan was to do the next Swimfit session: 5 minutes easy swim alternating lengths of front crawl … Continue reading →

Pretty much more of the same as I’ve been doing all week today, though my session was shortened by the fact that we had to wait ten minutes from the start of the session before a life guard was available … Continue reading →