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And today ...

I went swimbling!

I got up early and popped on my cossie to gain an extra minute or two at the pool.

I was in the pool for about 50-55mins. I did 1m (64 lengths) and swimming time was 47.29. The finger counter/watch thing I got offf Hollywood also gives me lovely stats!

Best length (always the 1st however hard I try to swim it slow!) was 1min 15. When I say length I means 2 lengths or 50m.
Worse 1mins 40
Average 1min 29 which is my best I think which is excellent!

The goggles make a lot of difference! It's nice to be able to see others and the time and everything!

The times look good but it felt hard, which was either the fact I am getting slightly faster or that it's because I am swimming on a glass of low cal no sugar (lots of sweetners) fruit juice which gives about 10cals per 250ml!

When I go swimming I make a travel mug of tea up and by the time I have finished my swim it's perfect to drink. Boy did today's tea taste lovely! It was then as I changed that I realised I had forgotten my bra! Whoops! Looks like I'm shopping at lunch!!

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WildWill said…
great stuff - looks like you arerealy getting into you swimming these days


swimming is great for improving overall mucle tone etc
11:48 AM, May 23, 2006
Cath Delaney said…
ha ha ha! Forgot the bra! Reminds me of my holidees when I forgot to take all me underwear with me! One pair of socks, one pair of knickers and one bra for the whole week! Shopping was nice tho!

:-D
2:44 PM, May 24, 2006
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