Tag Archives: USRPT

Back to the pool today with a new, faster, target, fully expecting it to be quite tough. I wasn’t wrong this time, either. It really was hard work. Had my first failure on rep 12 and another on 20, but … Continue reading →

I arrived on poolside today to find a number of slow(er than me) swimmers taking up multiple lanes. Fortunately the lifeguards were happy to make another lane for me. I don’t relish the prospect of piling into some lady twenty … Continue reading →

A repeat of Friday’s session today, with the advantage of new goggles, despite feeling quite tired and not really wanting to go thanks to not sleeping very well last night. As things turned out however, once I got going it … Continue reading →

A tough session today, dropping my rest interval down again and already feeling very tired in the arms. I plugged away but eventually failed on rep 16, so hopefully I can do better next week. USRPT distance this year: 5,100m … Continue reading →

A very tough day today, though I’m really not sure why. I was just repeating the same set as yesterday. Must be the change of goggles 😀 All in all though, despite being very tired towards the end, things went … Continue reading →

First time swimming this year! And sadly because of the way things have worked out with opening times, the first time in ten days 🙁 Still, the plan was to repeat the set I swam last time, on 21st December. … Continue reading →

I managed to find time today despite the rush to get stuff done before Christmas, so back to the pool for the same set as I’ve been doing all week, but with another five seconds knocked off the rest interval. … Continue reading →

Same session as yesterday for today, though I was definitely feeling a little tired and mostly struggled to get as far off the walls as I would normally. Not by much, but enough to be noticeable. Otherwise than that and … Continue reading →

Another session swimming with my daughter today, and we both did pretty well. I reduced my recovery time for today’s set by five seconds and completed it relatively comfortably, though I was getting quite tired for the last two or … Continue reading →

Good day, today. For the first time I managed a full set, though far slower than I want — probably somewhere around 14 minutes slower. I can at least start working on improving the times now though, and I shall … Continue reading →