Another morning swim for me. I have a very simple plan to increase my strength and stamina. Increase the number of lengths I swim every time I put in a 45 minutes session. (I have a vague desire to be competitive, so I need to be able to manage about 300 lengths in 45 minutes by September)
Today I added 10 to my 110 total from yesterday completing 120 lengths or 1,800 metres in 45 minutes.
I am pretty knackered physically today, arms shoulders and back ache the muscle ache and after just five minutes in the pool they started to protest but it’s all good.
Now the more observant people in the audience might notice my complete lack of run training for this half marathon that is just 10 days away. My reasoning for not running is pretty straightforward. I don’t have any running shoes that don’t inflict vicious blisters on me at the moment and pounding the streets could well do more harm than good. And I suppose that I have been pretty lacking in my training to date, and 10 days worth of running will make little or no improvement to my performance even if I were to get out there and run. I am going to spend the weekend sourcing a pair of shoes that are good for me, and then I might have a couple of runs to get me in the mood during the week. I am kind of hoping that my general level of fitness will carry me through. I don’t hold out much hope for my success for this HM.
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