Been a good week...

Hi, it's been a pretty good week. Have had some good swims, one not so good swim but managed to finish the swim off anyway on Thursday so all in all not too shabby.

Am going to have a swim today when I get back to Tauranga and will brave the ocean for a bit tomorrow to have another play with my wetsuit.

I haven't been sleeping well lately, due to a number of reasons, but after coming to Otorohanga last night and sorting a teenage issue out, I had the best sleep in ages! It was great.

Also, I have found that not eating bread is a good thing, however not eating enough during the day isn't so good as I have been getting quite light headed both at work and at the gym. Hydration has been good, better than good in fact but still hadn't been feeling too great. Something for me to look at. I haven't put in any weight figures for ages so here's the latest 121.45 kg. At the beginning of the month when I went to get my bp and body fat tested at Dr Miller swim coach, triathlon coach and all round good person, I was 126.5kg so I am getting there. I firmly believe that I will be 100 kg by Challenge Wanaka, but if not I'll be pretty bloody close to it. Something is working as I am taking my 5XL tops back to work on Tuesday and have been given 2XL ones! Makes you feel good eh?

Here are a couple of sessions we did during the week:

Thurs 15th Oct
200m warm up
6x 50m kick :10 rest
8x 50m swim :10 rest
300m pull buoy
4x 100m swim :15 rest
300 paddles/pull buoy
2x 200m swim :20 rest
300m pull buoy
TOTAL 2600m

Sun 18th Oct
200m swim
50m kick100m swim50m kick100m board drill + 100m swim x2
100m duck drill
400m pull buoy
6x 100m as 75 steady :10 rest, 25m HARD :20 rest
6x 50m :10 rest
200m warm down
TOTAL 2400m

Monday was my 1st swim in my Super Haka Fella wetsuit and was a bit weird but I'll get used to it I'm sure. I covered 2400m and was a good swim.

My brother is getting married today in Christchurch. So good luck Maurice and Lisa, sorry I couldn't be there with you, but thinking of you.

Last thing, I must be getting fitter or something... my resting heart rate which I check from time to time in the morning before i get out of bed used to be around 60 bpm and now it is 54 bpm, so that's got to be a good thing eh?

Well I've nothing else to say so until next time, train hard and be safe.

Mr Tua