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Work interfered earlier this week so I didn’t get to swim on Tuesday. I didn’t get a great night’s sleep so today felt as though it was going to be a bit of a struggle, but actually on the 50m … Continue reading →

Still not feeling entirely as bright as I’d like, but never mind. A later swim today because it’s half term and the pool had a “fun” session running at my normal time. Swimming can be fun? Who knew? 😀 Anyhow, … Continue reading →

Had to skip yesterday as I was watching my children swim instead, and discussing some arrangements for starting to coach again towards the end of the month. Again I was feeling quite tired and really struggling to find the power … Continue reading →

I didn’t get a very good night’s sleep last night and was feeling really quite tired, but forced myself to swim anyhow. Pleasingly I managed twelve reps at 50m before my only failure. No real improvement on the 25s though.

Same set as last time, but this time I made one more rep of the 50m swims before failing. That’ll do me.

So, after the successes of this week, my new set is: 400m f/c warm-up 18 x 50m f/c, target time 50s, turnaround 80s five minutes rest 18 x 25m f/c, target time 20s, turnaround 60s 200m swim down Today I … Continue reading →

Work is getting in the way of swimming a bit at the moment, so I ended up missing out on Tuesday. I decided I’d have another go at the same set despite completing it on Monday, just to prove that … Continue reading →

A new set this week, though very similar to my old one. In fact the only change I’m making is to reduce the rest interval for the 50m swims to 25s. And to my surprise I still made it all … Continue reading →

And another repeat of the set I’ve been swimming for the last few weeks. The pool was busy again today and I wasn’t really enjoying the choppy water, but despite that I managed to complete the 50m set without a … Continue reading →