After my rest week I was back to full on training this week. It started with my first BRJ swimming session of the year, it was rather a shock to the system. I have been doing my own private training sessions in the pool with interval sessions and timed sets but not with anyone … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 5
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Windermere Training Week 4
Its been a bit of an odd week, both physically and mentally as it has been my first ‘recovery’ week. My swim was delayed by a year due to Covid but back in 2019 when I first decided to set myself the challenge of swimming lake Windermere two way I knew it would be one … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 4
Windermere Training Week 2
Training has been going really well over the past week, I managed to reach almost all of my target distances and even exceed in some of them. The main aims have still been to increase the distances and times I am swimming for and to train and swim consistently. Just like last week I am … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 2
Windermere Training Week 1
It’s the end of week 1 of my Two Way Windermere Training and I have got back into the swing of training with a real purpose and a distance that I aim to achieve each week. Slowly over the next 19 weeks my training will increase, my sessions will get longer, the distances in each … Continue reading Windermere Training Week 1
Preparing to Swim Windermere during a Pandemic!
My two way lake Windermere swim has been a long time coming, it was originally supposed to happen in September 2020 but thanks to Covid I felt I was unable to train enough to complete the swim without causing injury and severe pain so managed to postpone it a year. In November I managed to get a new slot for my Windermere swim on Wednesday 1st September 2021 in the hope the pandemic would be over by the start of 2021