A nice little speed set that is useful for injecting speed during the season or as a taper session.
Speed/Taper Set
General Aerobic Session 5
This session is mostly IM focused with some freestyle and even some speed mixed in. I like sessions like these sometimes as changing every 500m or so keeps things interesting. As usual I must point out that these are my sessions that I swim, people are free to try them and adapt them, but do... Continue Reading →
Wrapping up 2021
Summing up the second half of 2021, when I finally got to return to the pool
A Strange Year
A Strange Year - A recap on the year just gone and why I haven't been writing.
Closing out 2019
As 2019 comes to a close, Mike reflects on the season so far
Tips for the start of your season
Mike gives his tips to remember when starting a new season
Three Lessons on Rest
Three important lessons on rest for masters swimmers Mike learned
European Masters Diary – Final Race Day
I only had one event on my third and final race day, the 100m freestyle. This was my best event when I was a junior swimmer, although in hindsight if I had more opportunities to swim the 200m free then that might have been my best. This was the event that I put a lot... Continue Reading →
European Masters Diary – Second Race Day
I was lucky to have a day off after my first day of racing, an unusual thing for me in multi-day competitions. We took the opportunity to go to see lake Bled using one of the competitions shuttles. As soon as we saw the amazing water I started to regret not entering the open water... Continue Reading →
European Masters Diary – Before Race Day
Arrival The Worlds in Budapest were so much fun last year, we decided to take the kids to the Europeans in Slovenia this year. The only downside was that getting to Slovenia is a little tricky. Our journey started with an 11pm trip to Dublin for a 5 am flight to Amsterdam, and from there... Continue Reading →
Nearly There
After writing this I realize some of it is a bit grim, but I'm going to go with it anyway as it captures the grind that goes with training for a big competition. My last hard week of training is now done and it certainly was the toughest. Over the last two months there were... Continue Reading →
The Slog to Slovenia
The counter in the sidebar of this website shows how many days to go until the European Masters in Slovenia. While I am a little bit behind where I would like to be, I am still on track and I have started to increase my number of training sessions per week. This post will give... Continue Reading →
Mikes February Update
It’s been a while since I gave an update on my own personal training and swimming. I’m so busy between coaching, training, writing about other topics, and life in general, that it’s hard to get time to write about myself. This is a big year for me in terms of swimming, because of a goal... Continue Reading →
How I learned to deal with pressure in swimming
As far back as I can remember, swimming has been part of my life. From galas to swimming birthday parties, it has always been there. However, like every sport, it has had its ups and downs! In this article, I will be speaking about pressure in swimming from a swimmers point of view, but also... Continue Reading →
I made the Irish Masters Development Squad!!!
This year, for the first time since I became aware of it, I qualified for and joined the Irish Masters Development squad. I hadn’t been doing as much training in the pool when I first heard about it. I was still coaching and competing in Martial Arts, so I was training in that for roughly... Continue Reading →
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