Tag Archives: training

Back to the Swimfit sessions for today, which for me was: 14 lengths easy front crawl Rest up to one minute 6 x 1 length moderate front crawl, rest for 20 seconds 5 x 2 lengths fast front crawl, rest … Continue reading →

Simple swim today: 2,600m front crawl with some turn practice. Had the pool to myself for a fair bit, and a double lane to myself for almost the entire swim. Total distance for the month: 6,600m Total distance for this … Continue reading →

First full week back after the training course and I thought I’d get back into it with a Swimfit session. This ended up being: 8 lengths front crawl 2 lengths backstroke 2 lengths breaststroke Rest 1 minute 8 x 1 … Continue reading →

Course all done, things can get back to normal now. And first session of the month. I’ll restart the Swimfit sessions next week, but for today I decided I’d just do front crawl and some turn practice. Total distance for … Continue reading →

First session for a week because of the training course. Just swam 2.5km front crawl to keep my hand in. Total distance for January: 32,200m Total distance for this year: 32,200m

Another Swimfit session today: 6 x 1 length backstroke, 1 length breaststroke, 1 length front crawl, easy pace. One minute rest 6 x 1 length front crawl, average pace, 20 seconds rest 20 lengths quick front crawl Rest until breathing … Continue reading →

Unlike yesterday, a quiet session in the pool again for my third Swimfit session. In the end I did: 5 x one length front crawl, one length backstroke, easy pace One minute rest 6 x one length breaststroke, medium pace, … Continue reading →

Very busy in the pool today making it very difficult to swim lengths, but I managed 4 x 500m front crawl and then another 10 x 50m practising turns at the deep end. Control of breathing is starting to get … Continue reading →

A shorter session today and I got some “toys” out too: 10 lengths front crawl One minute rest 4 x 1 length front crawl kick, 20 seconds rest 4 x 1 length front crawl pull, 20 seconds rest 4 x … Continue reading →

A very simple swim today: 4 x 500m front crawl, followed by another 500m practising front crawl turns at the deep end of the pool. I can’t do them at the shallow end yet because I don’t have very good … Continue reading →