Tag Archives: USRPT

Today was a little easier than yesterday though I still didn’t push things too hard, probably averaging around 48 seconds for my 50m reps. I was very tired afterwards though. Probably just as well that tomorrow is a rest day…

I finished my course of antibiotics today and I’ve been itching to go for a swim, so feeling much better I hurried off to the pool. That’s when I found out just how well I wasn’t 🙂 Bearing in mind … Continue reading →

Writing some time after the event, this isn’t a session I can remember too well thanks to what’s happened since. Hopefully that will be a one-off.

Something of a nondescript session today. I wonder if I’m getting to the stage where I’m not going to get any faster for the time being.

Bit of a tricky session today. I took my son with me to swim and with the other people in the lane it became a bit scrappy in terms of timing reps, so in the end I gave up and … Continue reading →

For the first time that I can recall there were five people (including myself) in the fast lane today, but the difference between the fastest and slowest was probably ten seconds per 50m which made for a bit of a … Continue reading →

I was very pleased with today’s session. Everything just seemed to come together for the 50m reps and I managed four below 43 seconds, with all but three of the rest below 44 seconds. And even those three weren’t exactly … Continue reading →

My 50m set went pretty well today, though it felt as though I was pushing quite hard. I ended up with six 43s reps and all the others below 45s. I didn’t get as much recovery time as I’d have … Continue reading →

I’m sticking with my current set for another week: 20 x 50m on an 85s interval recovery 25m reps on a 60s interval until I run out of time I seem to struggle with Mondays, but today was much better … Continue reading →

I wasn’t expecting too much today thanks to another night where I didn’t sleep as well as I might. Perhaps there’s something about going to the pool with limited expectations. I did have a 45 second 50m rep early on, … Continue reading →