Thursday, 27 May 2010

Getting fitter and faster

Did a PB this evening. 17:50 for 1km.
Drank a pint of strong PSP22 before hand and ate a chicken kebab + couscous. About 1.5 hour before.

Sunday, 16 May 2010

swam 2 hours open water

did a 2 hr open water swim @ mytchett with wetsuit
was not cold overall.
tried without wetsuit...not as bad as i thought, cld have lasted maybe 2km
in terms of feeding, i has oats 1 hr before swim and did not get hungry at all during swim.
vaseline in armpits completely stopped chaffing.
swam slow swim, 5km in 2 hrs.

swam 2 hours open water

did a 2 hr open water swim @ mytchett with wetsuit
was not cold overall.
tried without wetsuit...not as bad as i thought, cld have lasted maybe 2km
in terms of feeding, i has oats 1 hr before swim and did not get hungry at all during swim.
vaseline in armpits completely stopped chaffing.
swam slow swim, 5km in 2 hrs.