Fri 20th Oct - difficult week

Been a difficult week this week, trying to keep up the increased volume of long sets and the pool being shut on Wed am. No chance to catch up at the weekend as it was used for a gala then. Tried using a very stiff fin for the power routines this week whcih weemed to work well as my normal fin seemed so much quicker when I came back to it. Foot pockets have a different fit too which eased the pressure on this weeks sore bits. Totals for the week: 21,850m + one 6k cycle ride and a 2 1/2 k run. Ive not been running since I sprained my ankle back in May - couldnt walk properly until the end of June - so pleased to be able to do this again as swimming is not good for improving the resilience of the joints the way impact excercise does.

• EN1: Basic Endurance: 9300
• EN2: Threshold Endurance: 1900
• EN3: Overload Enduarnce: 700
• SP1: Lactate Tolerance: 1000
• SP2: Lactate Production: 2300
• SP3: Power drills: 2300
• RP: Race Pace: 1000
• R: Slow recovery 3400

Finding the swimmers metronome a really useful tool to keep the 'race pace' constant. I will be using the next few weeks to 'burn in' the right pace and work on increasing stroke length. It also makes something a bit different in order to keep the interest in 'yet another set'.