Summer is here (well for today at least!) so I am doing my long run today! 70 mins of walk3 run2. Not sure where I will do it - work, Ashby or home, depends on how early I get out from work!! I would like to go down to club and say hello tonight as well - we'll see the run is the main thing. Maybe I could walk run to Ashby then have a swim and walk home? Nah that will take far too much time up and I have to get gnome ready to go on the boat with the in-laws tomorrow morning. (Half term next week and no child care means we need to get rid of him!)
Ok so if you remember (assuming you were listening!) yesterday I mentioned that today would be swimming! Fraggle had given me some advice on how to improve my front crawl so off I went full of enthusiasm ready to master front crawl! 40 mins later I sulked out of the pool annoyed and frustrating and failing to master the front crawl! See like a lot of casual swimmers I "thrash about making a lot of splashes!" when doing crawl and this means my HR sores and I die at the end of 1 length needing 3-4mins recovering at the side of the pool before I attempt to swim another length in any stroke! Fraggle pointed out that if I place my head in the water properly (like look at the bottom of the pool rather than half under) then slow down, breathe out when in the water the breath in as your head leaves the water (I know what I mean even if you don't!) then it will be easier! Sounded good and practice breathing in the house went well!! I get in the pool - this is it. I can do this! Oh...
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what did you do??
did I tell you I saw Dave Mann at Eyam half?