A new world order

So there is a new world order but someone forgot to tell me. I turned up on Monday night last week for the 8pm session with the Stingrays and the pool was empty...like a bad dream. Similar to when you find yourself with no clothes on, maybe not! The good news is that the 8pm slot has shifted as it was really too late for the children to be finishing at 9.30pm and not getting home till 10pm......never mind the children, what about 50 year olds? So today was a challenge as now I have to get to the pool between 4pm and 5pm on Mondays so it will take some organising to get out of work in time. I got there tonight just in time to see the kids getting out! I swam, but I missed them.

Harry suggested that I do sets of 500 now in 10 minutes. This means that any time left up to 10 minutes I get to rest. Harry wanted me to keep times down to below 9. Euan timed me on Wednesday morning and Rachel and Kieran joined me. We warmed up with 10x100 IM's with 10 seconds rest. Then the sets. My first set was 8.37. Next one 8.55, next 8.57 next 9.10......damn it! Felt lumbering and slow, new swanky goggles leaked and had a tantrum throwing my goggles off. Euan said gently that maybe I could work on my self belief ....Ok Ok I can I can I can. Help!

Took off that night to stay in Stockport for a few days R and R staying with my sister. Saw Eric Clapton at the MEN arena on Thursday night and I love him so much. The concert left me breathless and I loved being with my family just spending time together. Went shopping in Manchester with my sister on Friday. It's years since we have done that together. Managed a good run on Thursday maybe 3 miles or so we reckon, and then I went to circuit training with my sister on Saturday which was great.

Home now and facing a really busy time at work. We seem to have reached the finals of the SSSC Care Accolades and this is very exciting but has generated a huge influx of work and travel. The final is on June 5th in Dundee so I'll keep you posted. Any of you mad YABBA's out there I may be in touch for a swim while I'm in Dundee. (See previous Blogs when I did the Woodhaven swim last June) Getting tougher to keep up all my training with extra work pressures

May go to Ailsa Craig on Sunday....watch this space!