Swimming Thread

I managed 80 x 25m in just over 35 minutes at the weekend, i breathe every second stroke to my right and use very little leg kick, but do try and get a good push off at the end of each length. I find the apple watch really useful for analysing the swim as it records each lengths time, i vary from 22 seconds per length to 29, with an average of 27.
 
Ilovehappyendings said:
Thanks. I agree. The more I swam the better I got.
Taught myself to swim bilaterally 3+3.
I just seemed to have levelled out and would be fascinated to see what improvements I could make with a good swim coach. YouTube videos are slightly overwhelming with the technical aspect of swimmin
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Blue Maverick said:
Any chance I could get that number?
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My friend has a pair following a similar story . Bespoke silicone ear plugs . Never had a problem since and she swims five times a week . I think she got them made privately though
 
Returned to London Fields Lido today. Was really slowed down by my current man flu so my 50 x 50m lengths took about 85 minutes to complete
The relatively cool water definitely helped with the fever in my head, ears and face though!
 

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staffsblue said:
Just been for my final swim of the year at Hough End where I completed a slow but steady 100 lengths.
My final distance total for 2024 was 284.05956km (which is 176.506 miles).
I achieved my target for the year, which, in the spirit of constant personal improvement, was slightly further than last year!
In 2025 I'm going to be swimming more frequently, but reducing the number of lengths per visit.
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Fair play, I feel tired just reading that! :-)
 
idahoblues said:
When I lived in Bournemouth there was a club of older people that met everyday and swam in the sea, I think you're right about the health benefits
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Well I ain't swimming in the sea, you can never be sure what's in the sea .. no siree, i'm sticking to the swimming pool, at least in there i can see what's sniffing around my feet!
 
staffsblue said:
Just been for my first swim of the year at Nantwich Outdoor Pool after It reopened for Spring.
It was a tad chaotic as it was a "general" rather than "lane" session, but thankfully became quieter after a while.
The water was relatively cold this morning,but in the end, it felt perfect once I'd completed a few lengths.
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Spent the day at Cheltenham Lido yesterday and wow what a beautiful place. My lad was racing there and spent a delightful 3/4 hours sat in the sun watching the racing. Don't even know of any outdoor pools in the Preston area and our weather is shite so doubt they would be that in demand here.
 
staffsblue said:
In the North West there's only really Nantwich and Hathersage, although there's going to be one at Holt Town in the shadow of the Etihad in the next couple of years!

EDIT; There's also a few in Cumbria at Greystroke, Askham, Lazonby and Shap which i'd forgotten about!
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I used to go to one in St Annes (could of been Fleetwood) i think when i was a kid in the early 80's. It was salt water but have vague happy memories of summer days there.
 
Phew . I've been in the habit of
" swimming the squad " for a few years now . 50 m per player three times a week . Looks like I'm going to be increasing my distance until we off load a few players . Haven't yet got the new names into my brain but it will come , it will come .
 
Entered the great swim - half mile distance at Lake Windermere on Sunday.

A challenge and looking forward to it.
 
Just started swimming again after a few years of doing practically none. Can do breaststroke all day but just 1 length of front crawl and I'm blowing our of my arse. Any tips or is the best bet getting some lessons on technique?
 
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