Last night's swim practice

Well, we've been in training for a couple of weeks now since the beginning of the season. I seem to alternate feeling either really good at practice or really stiff. I guess it's just getting those cobwebs out of my system. Last night's practice was short but at some parts intensive as we had to do a 100m pull or swim for time from a push. At first I didn't really feel like going too hard as I knew it would hurt but I surprised myself with a 1:10.8 100m freestyle swim time from a push. My goal was only to go about a 1:15. So, definitely moving in the right direction at this point in the season. I hope that I am able to keep up such momentum over the months. As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm not sure how much extra training I'll be able to do for the next while due to work commitments but I'll try and get at least a couple of weight sessions in as well as mabye an extra swimming session every now and then.

On a side note, last Sunday I went over my teammate and friend's house Joe to work on some Halloween projects. We first started by putting primer on some sections of graveyard fence that he and his nephew had cut. It actually wasn't as tedious as I thought it would be and it was a nice break from what I normally do. I will also try to make it next weekend to help out either with finishing the painting on the fence or helping out with other related projects.

I guess I'll end for now. Until next time...

P.S. I will try and update my blog photo as soon as I can find a suitable picture as the one I have there is very out of date.

It's been a little too long since my last update

Well, I have to say that I've really let this blog go for far too long without updating it. In fact, I haven't updated it since last April after the masters short course provincials where I posted my results. A lot has happened since then. I got a new full-time job working at a new school as well as doing private lessons in the evening as well as continued to train throughout the summer to keep up my conditioning. I think it worked for the most part since now that the new fall season is upon us, I am feeling quite good in the water. This time around, there certainly seems way more people than last year. We had 6 in our lane at one point on Monday night. I think it was getting a little bit crazy. Hopefully some of the people will decide to stop swimming which will free a bit of extra space as even now, doing the workouts can a little bit crazy. I don't think I will be able to do much extra on top of the 3 times a week at this point as I have a lot of work commitments but I'm hoping by the end of October, things will slow down a bit and I'll be able to perhaps get in an extra practice at the pool or some extra weight sessions. I know this can only help me but as everyone knows, life gets in the way and certain things have to take priority.
Anyways, this post will be short as I have to run but I'll try to update more frequently now.
Until next time...