Easter week

This week's total was always going to be a bit reduced from the good progress I made last week as I spent the Bank Holiday weekend walking in the Lakes which meant no swimming for me! I was tempted to use Windermere, Derwent Water et al. for a bit of acclimitisation but the snow we had put me off somewhat! Monday saw a good start to the total this week with my longest swim to date - 4kms! I forced myself to go swimming Monday evening as I had been off since Friday and missed Monday morning because of the journey from Doncaster. Was very pleased that I made myself go - shows it is possible to get me out of the house of an evening! Tuesday morning saw a steady 3.7kms to add to the total though I was quite stiff at the start having only got out of the water 8hrs previous; my shoulders loosened off during the session though. Monday evening saw me feel brilliant in the water - strong and efficient - I did 7x500m of 9.30mins which felt easy for most of the time. In comparison I was tired and not as relaxed on Tuesday but that is probably not being used to doing back to back sessions. I felt tired and a bit fluey on Tuesday night and decided that Wednesday morning would be better utilised sleeping and trying to shake off the minor cold coming my way. Adam had been fluey over the weekend so I had probably picked something up from him. I have decided to be very holistic in my training - 18months out is not the time to stress about missing sessions - I need to look after myself, build a routine and keep enjoying swimming. It's no good getting bored with it and stale at this stage - plenty of time for that over next winter!!!

The boss gave me Thursday off as apparently most people were trying to get away for the Bank Holiday weekend so I spent a great 85mins in the pool resulting in a nice 4.3kms. Felt a bit longer than normal but not tiring and not really boring either which was great. These 3.7/3.8/4km length type swims are starting to feel like a normal session length which is great - shows I am building a good base up. Thursday afternoon saw me heading up to Doncaster to start Adam's birthday weekend in the Lakes. I have hired an old school vw camper van called Percy and we are off to the Lakes to spend some time together, do a bit of walking and eat cream teas. Should be great! Total swim for the week ended up at 12kms therefore which is fairly consistent. Happy with my progress to date!