Swim

So I’m back in the pool again, for the start of 3-4 months just working on technique (must dig out my Total Imersion book to put some structure to this though.) There have been some changes to how things are organised at Ashington pool though - remember all those problems with people zig-zagging along &...
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Race Day. Breakfast was at 02:30 - four hours before the off to allow time for my guts to settle. Then after reading the good-luck cards left out for me, it was back to bed for an hour or so’s kip before getting up at 05:20 to shave, put to coffee on and be monosyllabic...
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Last training swim before the race, and auspiciously (if you believe in that sort of thing), it was on the solstice . The pool was crowded again with a bunch of people doing a zig-zagging breast stroke, plus Gary from Tri Northumberland making like a marlin through them all. At one point we nearly collided...
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I’ve nothing against older people in general. But the bloke doing the slow, zig-zagging breast stroke this morning was a royal pain in the bum. I’d start each length having identified his location & probable course, only to look up half way down & realise he was heading right at me. There may have...
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Workout: Type: Swim Date: 06/09/2010 Time: 12:32:08 Total Time: 00:36:45.00 Calories: 268 Distance: 1,600.2 m Average Pace: 2:18.08/100m
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Workout: Type: Swim Date: 06/02/2010 Time: 04:14:35 Total Time: 1:23:00.00 Calories: 606 Distance: 3,200.4 m Average Pace: 2:35.34/100m
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I’ve been slacking off my swimming recently - not good as it’s the discipline that I, like many triathletes, have the most worries about. I think I’ve moved well past the point where failing to meet the cut-off (2h15m for the 3800m course) is a realistic possibility . . . but all the same...
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Those who pee in their wetsuits Those who lie about peeing in their wetsuits Those who swim in the North Sea, and find it so muscle-clenchingly cold that they can’t relax enough to pee in their wetsuit, even if they wanted to I’m in the third group. The plan this morning was to swim about a mile from...
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Another week, another monday lunchtime swim. The pace was good - bang on target in fact. But I’m just sooo tired. Maybe I need more sleep? Workout: Type: Swim Date: 05/10/2010 Time: 12:21:12 Total Time: 00:49:00.00 Calories: 358 Distance: 2,011.68 m Average Pace: 2:26.2/100m
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I, on the other hand, found the duvet too heavy to crawl out from. So I didn’t get to the pool ’till "late", and only had time for 64 lengths. Just. So. Tired. All. The. Time. Workout: Type: Swim Date: 04/29/2010 Total Time: 00:37:00.00 Calories: 270 Distance: 1,463.04 m Average Pace: 2:32.17/100m
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