Training Log Archive: mattspencer

Walking in the Blue mountains with Metaldrum

100 Breast
200 Back
100 Breast
200 Back
100 Breast
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Back
100 Breast
100 Back

Hard work, stroke all over the place. Must find out about adult swim schools to get my technique (or rather the lack of...) sorted out. Am trying to build up to putting my head under water, very little success as yet.

Ceroc Class. Once again I am slightly unwilling to include as a training session but clearly my coordination needs a great deal of work, who knows when a timely hip shimmy and pirowet may save me from running full speed into a tree trunk.

5mins ergo
20mins exercise bike
5mins chest weights

Felt really hard work, very laboured, technique was not great. Am trying to overcome my resistance to putting my head under the water but am not getting very far with it at the moment. Groin felt a bit sore from all the breast stroke.

Stretching. Hip and quad strengthening exercises

200 Back
200 Breast
100 Back
200 Breast
100 Back
100 Breast
100 Back
500 Breast (first 50 hard, 2nd 50 easier)

Felt a really hard session as I was in the medium pace lane and felt like I should be pushing myself. Felt a little bit of a twinge in the back of my left knee on the hard breast stroke legs but not too bad.
Needed to take a few short breaks during the last 500 breast stroke, I was a bit puffed.

Left knee is actually not feeling too bad today, I've been having some silly thoughts about what training I can start to do so I'll have to hold myself back. Encouraging signs though.