I never even think about my hand, not even to mention my little finger! However, i do try to pay attention to my elbow under the water. If I have a high elbow I have a much stronger push back - another brett sutton idea, bench press elbows.

So, last full week in Feb and i finally manage x4 swimming for the week! Mainly x6 500m sets alternating freestyle / pull with paddles and buoy. Yesterday I felt like my swimming arms were returning after minimal swimming the last couple of months. Maybe the climbing is having a crossover effect as I def felt stronger.

Also yesterday whilst swimming some young men FILMED me doing a tumble turn, they didn't look interested in swimming. Ewwwww wtf.

Silly blanket policy. Officially the policy here is to ask. What that means :





They don't give a crap when swim club practice is on or during a meet... pretty sure filming stroke during lane swim wouldn't be an issue.


No filming during regular lessons or public swim...

I'm not sure if we have that policy here in Germany. In the sauna of course!! I'm a britsh ex-pat here and I know in England you are def not allowed to photo or film. I'll ask next time. It was one of those situations where i saw the group of (I do not want to start a race row here) turkish looking men watching me swim and def bending to get a better look when I did my turns. I grew up in London, so I tend to have the mentality to ignore the idiots and carry on. They did go once they saw me talking to my children. Probably realised they had been filming on older woman instead of a young lady!!!!

On a good note training going well. I think my new hobby, climbing, is having a crossover effect on my swimming. Feeling stronger in the water and swam x3 100scm in masters yesterday doing 1.28, 1.25, 1.21. Don't where the 1.21 came from on my minimal swimming in the last months, but there you go , new pb for me - yay!!

Not a lifetime PB by any stretch (57.15 LCM) but a huge improvement over my 4800m / hour from 5 or 6 years back.

My fly goal is to break the 40-44 Canadian record in the 200 Fly this spring 2.12xx. The 100 Fly record is pretty solid at 57.4x. Looking to get inside 4:45 in 4IM as well.