Well 1st of May has dawned... cold, wet and overcast, what a surprise! But still it will be fun to get back in the sea (At least thats what I'm telling myself.) Meeting Charlie (coach) at the beach and getting in with Domi, who has kindly agreed to join me at 9.00. An hour and a half to go! Don't know how long I will last today, the water is 10 degrees so it is going to be freezing!
Good week this week, a run and 2 hours Saturday (5800m); 4 hours on Monday (11,800m); 2 hours each on Wednesday and Thursday (6000m and 5400m) and a run, land training and an hour and a half on Friday (3800 sprint set).
Going to go check the bag and get ready, be back on late to share how it went. Byee! :)
Friday 30 April 2010
Saturday 24 April 2010
Fit to swim!
Hey, tough week this week with exams and lots of training, so here goes on the second update.
First really early morning session for two weeks on Monday making it pretty hard to get up at the unhumane hour of 4 a.m. Two hours and then school and exams before another two hours in the evening. 12,600 metres covered and two tough sets.
No early training on Tuesday, exams all day and then an hour session with Charlie (open water coach) in the pool which was really enjoyable, great to see him and chat about the season coming.
Early morning training on Wednesday meant I only got six hours sleep resulting in a very grumpy Abby all day but it was an okay session, 5800 metres before more exams and a medical to confirm I am fit to attempt the channel which didn't quite go to plan. The doctor tested my heart rate which came out at 43 bpm which she thought seemed very low. She had a listen to it and discovered my heart bet was a bit strange with a few longer pauses and then quick beats. To be on the safe side she booked me in for an ECG scan which I wasn't thrilled about but luckily I was fitted in for Thursday as the form is due in soon.
Early morning training Thursday, 6,600 metres, a really tough session and then school before the dreaded ECG scan.
Friday, got the results of my scan after school and too our relief my heart is fine so I have the forms and am officially fit to swim the English channel. :) Then an hours land training involving interval training and a pool session of 5,400m in an hour and a half involving 20 x 200 metres. How we did that I will never know!
Early morning training this morning but 6 til 8 instead of 5 til 7 on a Saturday but no easier to get out of bed. Distance set with aching arms from last night resulting in Domi and I moaning our way through which was to be honest rather fun(although I don' think she would agree!). Would usually train tonight but having a rest as from next week resting time will be in very short supply. Thats it for now, someone has revision to do and an open water bag to sort out which could be quite amusing, I haven't a clue whats still in it from last year! Sea swimming in seven days so there will be some rather funny photos of the first swim next week and maybe another update during the week.
Thanks for reading :)
First really early morning session for two weeks on Monday making it pretty hard to get up at the unhumane hour of 4 a.m. Two hours and then school and exams before another two hours in the evening. 12,600 metres covered and two tough sets.
No early training on Tuesday, exams all day and then an hour session with Charlie (open water coach) in the pool which was really enjoyable, great to see him and chat about the season coming.
Early morning training on Wednesday meant I only got six hours sleep resulting in a very grumpy Abby all day but it was an okay session, 5800 metres before more exams and a medical to confirm I am fit to attempt the channel which didn't quite go to plan. The doctor tested my heart rate which came out at 43 bpm which she thought seemed very low. She had a listen to it and discovered my heart bet was a bit strange with a few longer pauses and then quick beats. To be on the safe side she booked me in for an ECG scan which I wasn't thrilled about but luckily I was fitted in for Thursday as the form is due in soon.
Early morning training Thursday, 6,600 metres, a really tough session and then school before the dreaded ECG scan.
Friday, got the results of my scan after school and too our relief my heart is fine so I have the forms and am officially fit to swim the English channel. :) Then an hours land training involving interval training and a pool session of 5,400m in an hour and a half involving 20 x 200 metres. How we did that I will never know!
Early morning training this morning but 6 til 8 instead of 5 til 7 on a Saturday but no easier to get out of bed. Distance set with aching arms from last night resulting in Domi and I moaning our way through which was to be honest rather fun(although I don' think she would agree!). Would usually train tonight but having a rest as from next week resting time will be in very short supply. Thats it for now, someone has revision to do and an open water bag to sort out which could be quite amusing, I haven't a clue whats still in it from last year! Sea swimming in seven days so there will be some rather funny photos of the first swim next week and maybe another update during the week.
Thanks for reading :)
Friday 16 April 2010
Counting down to May 1st
Hello! Thanks for coming and reading my first blog post. I am currently doing all my training in the pool but cannot wait until the 1st of May to get back in the sea for the first time this year. I'm not sure I will feel this way if it's windy and raining on Channel Swimmers beach on the day though! Still, looking out of my window now the sun is shining so it's all good! Anyway, I'm going to get ready for training so I'll leave it there. Update soon. :)
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