Just call me Thorpedo ;o)

Discipline: Swim
Distance: 2km
Time: irrelevant as not continuous


Went to the pool a bit later than planned, as they had aquarobics, and last time that was on everyone else crowded into the lengths lane. It was a bad start, the lane contained several breastrokers and a jellyfishing bloke. Still - I managed to swim around them pretty well, and had knocked off about 600m pretty quickly. I did 3 x 8 lengths (200m) and tried to do it at a pace I could keep going. I got quicker each time, reducong to about 4:30 for the third set :oD

I played around after that, working on technique, and threw in some swim golf - where you time yourself over 50m and count your strokes, then add them up. The other day I did 43 strokes in 59 seconds (102), today I did 45 strokes in 51 seconds (96). So - a slight increase in strokes, but considerably more power per stroke.

I stuck in some 100m time trials, but couldn't get down to my PB of 1:50.7, done several weeks ago. However, I did have a crack at my 400m PB, and managed to set a new one, along with a new 200m PB (done separately).

400m PB: 8:48.0 (done very even pace - first 200m was about 4:25)
200m PB: 4:12.3

After that I just did some leisurely lengths, with a 50m time trial thrown in to break things up. I managed 49.6, which is a few tenths off my PB, but still very pleasing.

Weight is up slightly at 99.7kgs today.

I managed to arrange a 1-2-1 swimming lesson for 1pm on 27th September - Open Water stuff, and I'm about to book onto a swimming technique course with video analysis and personal feedback with the video on DVD. It sounds excellent. Both of these are with these people. I'm really looking forward to it.