No Dover swim to report from last weekend - a mixture of engineering works on the trains and bad weather meant we didn't manage to get down to the coast.
But since Jen, Kerry and me got some more preparation advice from Freda, we've all been hitting the pools again.
Most of us noticed that when we moved from lots of pool swimming, to more lido and sea swimming we lost some of our fitness. The stamina increased, but when we went back to our programmes for the pool, we'd all slipped back a bit.
So we've been focusing on getting out of breath with interval training again. Freda's tip was to do lots of sets of 100m, trying to cut down on the time you give yourself to do each one. This was what Gerry started us off with when he wrote up our programmes for the pool.
I'm currently aiming for 20 sets of 100m, with each set being completed in 1 min 45 secs. I can almost do it. It means being able to do it in 35 mins. Today I managed it in just under 36mins, so just one more minute to peel off.
Doing just 100s gets boring and repetitive, so once I've done that, I think I'll go back to Gerry's programmes for some variety.
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