Busy day yesterday...

Hi, had a busy day yesterday and seeing that I couldn't even have a sleep in, because once I'm awake - that's it, it was down to the gym at 8am. I also said I was going for a swim and I did that too. I felt alot better than I did on Thursday night and here's what I did:

400 w/up
100 one arm drill
100 catch up drill
100 6 kick flip
12x25 underwater streamline w/:10 rest per 25
200 tennis ball swim
200 technique swim
200 tennis ball swim
200 technique swim
400 pull buoy
300 pull/paddle
200 w/down

Total 2700

Am ready to go again today.... So until next time,

Be good

It was a different swim...

Hi there, last night I had a session in the pool and to be honest, I felt like and swam like a tard. I felt like I was swimming and going nowhere. I had biked to work in the morning and home again, so I wasn't tired, i did cramp up but carried on through it and eventually finished what should have been a really good workout, hopefully Sunday will be better for me. Anyway, here's what I did at the pool.

400 w/up
100 finger drag drill
100 long dog drill
100 catch up drill
4 sets of the following:
200 aerobic swim followed up with 8x25 pull buoy/paddle with 10sec after each 25
200 warm down

Total 2500

I think I'll get another swim in tomorrow before Sunday. That will give me 3 sessions a week. I know I'm missing that extra swim.

Have a good weekend people

Peter

I hope things start to look up soon.... I'm sure they will

HI people, after a very tiring 2 weeks of hell, I made a small inroad in what is a new beginning for me on a personal level. As hard as it is for me to let go of the person I love, I'm doing my best. I'm all shifted out and moved in to my new place on Saturday. For the locals, 10 Taumata Place , Hairini is where you'll find me. Pop in for a coffee anytime you like.

It was back to the pool yesterday and what a great swim it was too.

200 w/up
100 6 kick flip drill
100 long dog drill
100 duck feet drill - all drills w/fins
200 technique
20x25 aerobic (80-90% effort) w/:10 rest /25
400 technique w/pull buoy
8x50 aerobic (as above)
300 pull buoy/paddles
200 easy any stroke w/down

Total 2500m

Finished work early today and that sucks to be fair, so I'll make the most of my free time and go to the gym early.

Have a great day

Mr Tua

I'm drained............

Hi, it's been a long week, I've had the week off work, have been sleeping really poorly, but I just have to soldier on. I have managed to find a new place so that's a start.

Anyway, I had a swim session last night which was a bit of a mission to complete to be fair. I was told some time ago that swimming when you're stressed out is good because you can just zone out in the water and forget about things for a while, well all I have to say to that is WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT! lol. I just found myself getting more and more pissed off and couldn't actually wait for it to finish.
Here's what we did last night:
200 swim w/50 kick - 2 sets
12x25 swim HARD on :30sec
200 kickboard drill
"loco swim" ie
25 easy/25 HARD, 50 easy/50 HARD, 75 easy/75 HARD w/:30 after last 75 - 2 sets
300 pull buoy
200 pull buoy w/paddles
200 easy any stroke

TOTAL 2300

Apart from my head space being cloudy, it was a good session.

The good thing with having time off work, is being able to go to the gym earlier than normal so I've had 3 really good walks to and from the gym and 3 really good workouts.

That's all from me. Have a good weekend everyone.

Well, that day never turned out the way I'd planned...

What started out as a great day, ended being one of the shittiest days I can remember. Along with the days I lost my Mum in 1992, and my Dad in 2002, I'd have to say that Aug 3 2009 won't hold a lot of good memories for me.
Last night, my relationship crumbled in a heap, I have no idea as to why, but I'm pretty unhappy right now. It's 5:54am and I've not slept much, maybe 2 hours off & on. I think I need some time off work to try and get my head around things. I feel pretty lost.
I'm not sure why I'm posting this, but I need to say something. Maybe I just need to vent - I don't know. Ideally, I'd like to get things sorted but when you get told that the person you love can't love you back the way I'd like them to, it doesn't really leave you with a place to start.

To my people who follow this blog, I'm not going to give up on this journey, I'm going to see it through to the very end. I'm not looking for sympathy either, so if I have a wah over the next few weeks, months or whatever, I apologise in advance - I'm just expressing how I feel. Thanks for listening. Peter

A pretty good week swim wise...

It's been a pretty good week swim wise for me. 3 good sessions with the best one being todays session. Here's what we did over the week:
Tuesday 28/7
200 w/up
200 easy kick
200 board drill - kick board between legs and on the back end of the stroke, try to touch the board
6x200 as 50@80%, 100 steady, 50@80%
100 easy
4x100 pull buoy - concentrate on long strokes
100 w/down
TOTAL 2400

Thursday 30/7
200 w/up
100 one arm drill ( the retarded one)
100 finger drag drill
10x100 as 75 steady, 25 HARD kick
400 pull buoy
200 technique swim with fins
TOTAL 2000

Sunday 2/8
200 w/up
8x25 HARD kick on :30sec with fins
200 tennis ball swim, 200 aerobic swim (2 sets)
8x25 underwater streamline w/:15rest
400 aerobic swim. I timed this one and guess what......... 7.49.35! I felt good and strong throughout the swim.... EXCELLENT
300 pull buoy
300 pull buoy/paddles
100 warm down
TOTAL 2500

Here's to a good week. Mine's going to be busy. Have had 2 weeks off from the gym, so back tomorrow, course starts Tuesday night 6 to 9, NZ Blood centre Wednesday night 6:30pm, so am going to have to reschedule things slightly to fit 3 swims in. Looking like Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, but we'll see how the week pans out.

Have a happy week people. Ka kite