Been sick...back in the water

Got knocked out by a winter bug that zapped all the usual Craner energy for 1.5 weeks...disruptive and annoying. I am officially the world's worst patient and hate not having my energy so glad to be feeling better. Winters aye...

Had a small 2km swim Sat am and felt ok but under-done and not that fit and still congested in the head (cold pool water does that to you).

Will build it back up and focus on reducing stroke (24/length) and breathing (3-5-7-9 !!) as coach instructed.

These things happen...

Also let the whole of work know that I was doing this swim by broadcast email so no chickening out now - that's another pressure point to put to good motivational use.

"Hit 100"

Put my day off and birthday to good use and went for a decent swim. Made a promise to myself pre-pool that I would swim 100 lengths.

Managed 110 (with 10 length warm down). Got some added motivation when my swim coach Dougal arrived poolside with a student mid-way !

Had a bit of google-malfunction which broke my rhythm a bit but nothing that can't be sorted.

Just need to keep focussing on my stroke efficiency and retaining the length and reach. Stroke shortened as I got towards the end of my session...