Well that's what I thought when I was swimming it yesterday. So I've had a week off, and although I'd boasted that I'd been swimming four times whilst on holiday, in actuallity that's four times in the paddling pool with the kids on holiday.

All I can say is this was a real shock to the system - crap food, dodgy drink for a week and... bang goes my swimming ability.

Warm Up
1 x 300 EZ
12 x 25 kick on RI 10 (swum 1-4 IM order)

Main set:
8 x 100 on 2:15 swum...
1 x 50 Max effort
1 x 50 active recovery (BK for me)

Warm Down
10 x 25 RI 10s swum as breath control starting with breathing every 5 up to no-breathing

All I can say is that my "fast" swims started okay (30.5) and gradually declined (33.3) the last one I managed a bit quicker (32.5). God I was knackered though!