sprinting

Lactic Thursday from BillOddy 556 days old

[ ... ] Apparently when sprinting, after the first half length or so my stroke shortens dreadfully. But probably more importantly as it shortens (and I ...

Strong arm of the law... from BillOddy 618 days old

[ ... ] approach to sprinting. And after the first couple of 25M I thought I'd try it. Now I wasn't being overly analytical whilst swimming (I can't ...

Legs, legs and more legs from BillOddy 912 days old

Today was a kicking set, as I am still trying to get my kick quicker and more integrated with my stroke. Not overly exhurting today because I think ...

Slipping dreadfully from BillOddy 912 days old

because Craig had a short but sweet "set-from-hell" for me to do. Basically after a short warmup I did a 600M set that's all 12 x 50 on 1:30 from ...

Another slight case of nausia from BillOddy 919 days old

Today I swam on my own, doing a bit more speed work. However a couple of things held me back a bit. The first I felt a touch knackered after yesterdays ...

A good lactic set from BillOddy 920 days old

Today's swimming was good. We did a lactate set today and I didn't feel sick at the end of it (progress from Tuesday). Not only that but the 75M swims ...

A slight feeling of nausia from BillOddy 922 days old

So the cunning plan is sub-28s for the Gateshead & Whickham Open Masters on 30th June. Today was my first swim fit session of that campaign. The warm ...

The world goes on - even in snow from BillOddy 1001 days old

In case you missed it we had quite lot of snow on Friday! In the afternoon I left my car and walked home with the kids rather than try and get it home. ...

A Speedie Spoke from BillOddy 1074 days old

Today one of the very fast (did I say that right - very fast) speedies hopped into (my) lane today. He clearly looks like a swimmer, and swims like ...

10, 8, 6, 4, 2... knackered! from BillOddy 1075 days old

Tonights session was really very tiring indeed. I thought I looked knackered at the end but I saw another swimming look very purple/pink and peaky!! It ...