Follow my complete journey as I prepare and compete in one of my toughest challenges yet...the 2014 Perth to Rottnest Island Channel swim.

Up'ing it

The last few weeks have been killers in terms of hard pool sessions. The outcome is a comfortable raising of my base to about 4.2km per session. This feels comfortable and I don't feel overly tired the next day which is nice for my workmates!!

Today was cold and raining and there is nothing better than swimming on these days. Actually it's probably my favourite conditions to swim in. The pita pata on my back and the warmness of the water below is so relaxing.  I pushed out just over four km before deciding that I also wanted to go to swim squad. So off I trundle to kick out another 60 hard laps.

So the 7km training session went something like this:
  1. 1km warm up
  2. 500 pull buoy
  3. 500 paddles
  4. 1km medium speed hard pull
  5. 1km medium build
  6. Sighting and duck diving practise
  7. Warm down
An hour later:
  1. 600 warm up
  2. 600 builds
  3. 8x75 kick, drill, freestyle
  4. 4x50 max 25 mod 25
  5. Repeat 2
  6. Repeat 2 again
  7. 400 warm down
Until Saturday, then I do it all again!