Tuesday Update
Right - well after the bike ride last night, I went to the gym to do Pilates, Body Pump (dropped the weights down a bit as I hadn't done it for a few weeks) and then a nice swim. Only trouble was I couldn't find my goggles :o(. It felt really weird swimming feeling the water round my eyes, and then when I did open my eyes, not being able to see anything more than indistinct shapes. It didn't help that the pool was fairly crowded as I didn't have as long to avoid people. I ended up whacking my hand on the end of the pool twice, and gave it up as a bad job after ten lengths.
Then this morning - back to the gym and another swim. Three quarters of a mile this time, which was great, and I could have kept going. The tinted goggles I'd brought along instead worked a treat, although I'd still like to find the original ones I fearthey've been taken (I checked to see if any had been handed in). They're quite distinctive, as the replacement strap doesn't match the rest of them as it's not coloured. Ah well - I may well not see them again, but never mind.
Swim times were really good. Has my technique improved that much? Okay - a twenty metre pool means more push offs than in a 25m pool, and the glide from that certainly helps, plus it means the last five metres of any length where the push off has run out just don't exist, but even so. From memory my PBs were:
100m - 1:49.1
200m - 4:09.2
whereas today I managed
100m - 1:30.2
200m - 3:18.2
I do think my technique has improved though, but I'm quite surprised that it's that much. Okay - the shorter pool would help, but that much? I'm going to a 25m pool this weekend, so I'll get the chance hopefully to see what times I can do.
Weight is down to a recent low (several years) of 95kgs. Part of that might be dehydration, but I'm guzzling non-caffeine drinks like there's no tomorrow, so I'm not sure what else I can do!
The plan was to run early, but I didn't in the end, so I'm hoping it's going to be cool late evening like last night. The legs don't feel too bad at all in spite of yesterday's run and body pump.
Then this morning - back to the gym and another swim. Three quarters of a mile this time, which was great, and I could have kept going. The tinted goggles I'd brought along instead worked a treat, although I'd still like to find the original ones I fearthey've been taken (I checked to see if any had been handed in). They're quite distinctive, as the replacement strap doesn't match the rest of them as it's not coloured. Ah well - I may well not see them again, but never mind.
Swim times were really good. Has my technique improved that much? Okay - a twenty metre pool means more push offs than in a 25m pool, and the glide from that certainly helps, plus it means the last five metres of any length where the push off has run out just don't exist, but even so. From memory my PBs were:
100m - 1:49.1
200m - 4:09.2
whereas today I managed
100m - 1:30.2
200m - 3:18.2
I do think my technique has improved though, but I'm quite surprised that it's that much. Okay - the shorter pool would help, but that much? I'm going to a 25m pool this weekend, so I'll get the chance hopefully to see what times I can do.
Weight is down to a recent low (several years) of 95kgs. Part of that might be dehydration, but I'm guzzling non-caffeine drinks like there's no tomorrow, so I'm not sure what else I can do!
The plan was to run early, but I didn't in the end, so I'm hoping it's going to be cool late evening like last night. The legs don't feel too bad at all in spite of yesterday's run and body pump.
posted by XFR Bear @ 6:19 pm
1 Comments:
when gnome left his goggles I was told "yes we did have them but they are thrown if not claimed that day!"
Having now got prescription goggles I think normal ones would be well weird and without goggles a big no!
Not that I have swum for a few weeks :-(
that's my TW recovery plan!
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