Monday 6th- Friday 10th June From the 6th-10th June, I had the week off college so I took it upon myself to complete a week of work experience in the sports department at Malmesbury School. This went really well, I learnt a lot and I am very glad I got to see everything from a teacher’s perspective. The best thing about the week was having more time to train so I took the opportunity to attempt to swim a minimum of 2km everyday Monday to Friday. On Monday I completed the 80 lengths in the local swimming pool at 7am, this was good because I was dried and ready for the day by 745. On Tuesday however, dad and I drove to the lake and were in the water for 7am, we covered roughly 2km and we pretty much had the whole lake to ourselves. Back in the pool on Wednesday morning, similar to Monday everything was over and done with fairly quickly. Slight lie in on Thursday morning as after school I cycled to the lake while dad drove and we swam without wetsuits!! The water was over 20 Degrees and definitely warm enough to just wear speedos. It felt really strange compared to normal, as if every stroke the water was a different temperature. Anyway, we battled through and completed roughly 1.5km which felt pretty fast. Friday morning was a nightmare, I got down to the pool, dived in but could only complete around 1km before completely burning out. I wasn’t going at a particularly fast pace nor pushing myself but it felt as if I had nothing left so I ended the almost triumphant week on a low where swimming is concerned. Saturday 11th June Back to Chippenham parkrun again, this time wearing my new calf compression socks. Honestly, I don’t know if they made a difference but I won by over 30 seconds and I got sub 18 minutes which I think is a good result. There was a slight drizzle throughout the whole race which reduced the humidity so the conditions were almost perfect. I started strong and held the lead throughout continuing into when I got onto the ‘lone lap’ of the second field where I didn’t see any other runners for the whole first lap. I then increased the pace a bit to ensure the win and crossed the line in a time of 17:58 which I was fairly happy with. Recently I have got a new job as a lifeguard at an outdoor lake which is exactly 20km away so I take advantage and get in a quick cycle before working and then steadily heading home. On the way it was tipping it down and I was almost late so the burn in my legs was fairly constant throughout both journeys. I then took a well-deserved rest day on Sunday which actually involved going to work but all I’m focusing on now is the Brecon titan half ironman next Saturday! Last week I bought a new gadget- the Fitbit hr charger, it’s absolutely brilliant. It does everything you need and alongside myfitnesspal, it will undoubtedly get you the results you want. The one issue with it is that it isn’t waterproof so I'm always having to take it off to swim and shower etc. which is a pain.
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