Longest Swim to date!

I swam another short session on Friday, about 2.5kms but today I started my 9.45-5.45 routine today which seems to work really well. I was in the pool for 6.30am and did a 75minute swim resulting in my longest training session to date - 3.5kms! Still a bit off pace - I would expect to do over 3kms a hour but I suppose that is constant swimming and I have been doing sets with rest, arms only, legs only etc. so I can understand that I am a bit slower than normal. I am aiming for 3.2kms an hour for the Channel which would put the swim itself just under 12 hours and then add in feeds etc - around 14hours. I am putting no pressure on myself to acheive that time at all - I just need to have an aim of being able to do a certain distance each hour for a looooong time so I can see that it will be feasible.

Anyway, am very happy with the new routine - it's hard to pull myself out of bed each morning and I'm not sleeping that well in the new house - but 3.5km is a great start to March and what must be the start of proper and committed training - less than 18months to go now!