Tues 26 Sept

Early day at the pool 6-8. Its noticeably darker in the mornings, and colder. Managed to break my snorkel strap halfway through today's sessions - fortunately there was just enough left over to be able to re-string it.

• am: Lactate Production session again. 400m wu, 4x50/45 small fins, 100m interval, 4x50/45 small fins. 4x100 monofin, 4x50/45 and another 4x50/45. 800m recovery.
• pm: training with no-tanx at Elmbridge mixed session: 400m wu, 8x25m /1min apnea, 10x50m sprint /1min, 8x25m abs, 8x25m resistance against float, mixed swimdown.

Tried my old 'first' monofin today - felt really weird. Feet hurting again today and managed to acquire 4 blisters so far. Have to find a way of hardening the feet up after being in the water for these sessions. Picture is of centre snorkel used for racing.