Tag Archives: USRPT

A second attempt at yesterday’s set: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 55s, rest interval 25s 200m front crawl swim down There was definitely still some tiredness from yesterday and I went through a tough … Continue reading →

Back to my USRPT sessions today, but given that I’ve been struggling a bit recently I decided I’d take a step back and build back up to the pace I was at in July. So, for today my session was: … Continue reading →

Another attempt at my 51s USRPT set, and another sorry failure 🙁 Better than yesterday however, in that I managed one more 50 and my first failure was later in the set. Still not good though. USRPT distance this year: … Continue reading →

Back to the USRPT sessions then. And sadly not good news. Keeping hitting the 51s target was very hard and by rep 18 I’d had three failures 🙁 Another attempt tomorrow… USRPT distance this year: 53,450m Total distance this year: … Continue reading →

First time in the water for a week, thanks to the bank holiday and to spending over an hour in the dentist’s chair on Thursday after which I was advised to avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours. Advice I didn’t … Continue reading →

So, first time back to my USRPT set since before I went on holiday over a month ago… 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 51s, rest interval 24s 200m front crawl swim down I’d already … Continue reading →

Last practice session before hopefully getting back to USRPT next week. Fortunately it wasn’t as busy today. It’ll all be different in a few weeks when school starts again. USRPT distance this year: 51,150m Total distance this year: 125,700m

Another attempt at my current set: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 51s, rest interval 24s 200m front crawl swim down And once again I managed the entire set with all the reps under 50s. … Continue reading →

So, first attempt at this new set. Target time down by one second, rest time up by one: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 51s, rest interval 24s 200m front crawl swim down Pleasingly I … Continue reading →

Back to the pool for a third attempt at my current session: 400m front crawl warm-up 25 x 50m front crawl, target time 52s, rest interval 23s 200m front crawl swim down Bit of an unexpected day, this. My first … Continue reading →