Swimming day 423 - Wednesday 15th February 2012

Boot camp with Big Bob; or more precisely Speedo camp with Big Bob.

7am in the outside pool at Falmer, Big Bob in second lane, moi in first lane and of we go.  20 lengths warm up followed by 10 lengths non stop, with the final two lengths of each set being at full pelt.  Then 15 second pause and of we go again, 10 lengths with last t2 mentally quick and so on.  Final set of the morning, after an hour, ups it to the last 4 lengths at full pelt.  Boy oh boy that was a wake up call!  My arms and shoulders already ached from an hour in the gym the day before and I was already tired from a lack of sleep at home, so this really was a challenging start.  Saying that, there was no sub temperature start to the day, no dripping ceiling from the arch and no long painful walk out to a depth; so really I should stop the complaining right now!  In truth it’s great to be pushed like this each week as it not only helps the general swimming, but also helps me to develop the speed and stamina I need later this year.

Tomorrow will be back to the beach and then Friday back to the pool.