Tollcross Swim

A slight amendment to the previously listed Training Plan for this week saw us drop the Thursday pm Esporta swim session (thankfully as I was gubbed after the hill efforts) and pick up a long swim instead. To do this the alarm went off at 5.45 this morning & we headed to Tollcross Pool instead. We had not been here before and having found it bang on time for opening at 7.00am it looked great compared to the overloaded 2 lanes at Hamilton Palace.
10 wide 50m lanes with a full lane to ourselves for the whole session, water not too warm or chemically & no body parts & plasters floating in it!
We swam 3.8k (2.4 miles - full Ironman Distance) non-stop, both pretty much hitting our targetted race day predictions & feeling surprisingly fresh afterwards. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact we had to go to work & they were taking the lanes downs we probably would have gone over 4k. It was great to have time to put into practice all the bits that we have been drilling over the last few months.
I have never swum this far & haven't done a long steady swim in ages but it just goes to show that if you put the work into the drills & sets regularly on a weekly basis then it can make a real difference. I have to stop & remember sometimes that I couldn't even swim one length of the Dollan at the start of last year!

I am hoping we can go next Friday again for a final long swim before our taper starts so if anyone fancies a change, get yourself down there. There is also a shallower beginners pool adjacent to the main pool if you are not happy about the length (& depth!) of the main pool.