Tag Archives: USRPT

Well, today was just awful 🙁 I’m still not sleeping well and I think today was the day the tiredness chose to make itself known. Either that or I’m getting the cold that my daughter currently has and my body … Continue reading →

I’ve not slept well for the last two nights, so once again I wasn’t expecting much when I went to the pool today and the situation wasn’t improved when four other swimmers joined the fast lane, all about ten seconds … Continue reading →

The mince pies have all disappeared, so today’s session was fuelled by a chocolate brownie 🙂 I could tell as I was warming up that my arms still felt a bit tired from yesterday. I think my body must have … Continue reading →

I felt distinctly lacking in energy before I went to swim today, so I sneaked a mince pie before leaving to see if it would help. I can’t say I felt any better when I arrived at the pool, but … Continue reading →

Today was my first swim with a new, reduced, rest interval for my 50m reps. It’s still very generous to be fair, but I feel it’s important not to push things too fast because I really want the changes to … Continue reading →

I was a bit pushed for time today so I had to sacrifice some of my 25m reps, but that perhaps wasn’t such a bad thing as I was struggling with them a bit after managing to do all my … Continue reading →

I had a couple of days off last week thanks to not feeling great and missing quite a bit of sleep, so today was my first swim for six days. I was expecting it to be fairly tough, but actually … Continue reading →

I ran out of time yesterday so wasn’t able to swim and in fact I felt exceptionally tired too. I can’t claim that I felt that much better today, but off I went anyhow. It’s been the first really cold … Continue reading →

I didn’t really feel entirely at the top of my game when I went to the pool this afternoon and that showed in my performance. My first four 50m reps were 43s before I got back on track and finished … Continue reading →

Today couldn’t have been more different from the same session last week when there were six swimmers in the fast lane. At times today I had the lane to myself. I didn’t manage to make all the 50m reps in … Continue reading →