Update !

So yes, another week nearly through and one more day of exercise!
Saturday 11th April

Swim session!
Our local pool has what they term "swimfit" sessions, I believe Speedo may have some involvement with this, but it's basically their way of saying, we have 3 lanes open - slow, medium and fast, no dossing, just swimming at whatever pace you can handle!

I was a bit dubious as it was my first time here, expecting a lot of people in the pool, but it wasn't too bad, 9am Sat morning, and yeah, I had a mild hangover from the 1/2 bottle of JD I drank last night! But I didn't care, I can still manage it as long as I'm not totally dehydrated and my bowels are steady!

So did I go in the fast lane or the middle lane?? How fast it fast?? I thought sod it, I'm fairly fast, so went for it, couple of practice lengths to warm up and get into a good breathing pattern, then started the timer and began my usual 1K (34 lengths) time trial! Of course, once you get going, you don't want to stop, but then I realised that there were a lot of people in this lane and some of which were overtaking me - not good when you both reach the end of the pool at the same time and someone behind you is trying to avoid you too, nearly got real messy at one point and you begin to question if you're too slow for the fast lane!

Anyway, I was done, and moved to the middle lane to get out of the way when I suddenly realised that there were about 6-8 guys in the fast lane and one guy in the middle lane! A bit silly really, I could have easily done my work in the middle lane, although the one guy there was pretty slow! Would I have been told off for going to fast?

Still, I'm a happy chappy as I finally managed to get a PB! Times as : total = 22 mins 4 secs; splits at 6:11 / 6:38 / 6:39 and 2:38

Pretty happy with that, and knowing I could have had slightly better times if I hadn't hesitated here and there and not had to swim in a circular pattern.
I could soon have this 22 min barrier broken!

BUT, one my one major concern now is my knee and ankle - I'm pretty certain that my breathing on one side technique is causing my body to rotate in such a manner that the "Kick" I'm doing is twisting my knee and it's obviously hurting, and I clearly don't wan to continue to swim well at the expense of damaging my knee and ankle.....so off to some swimmers for advice!
I know I need to change my pattern, but it's hard, you have to concentrate on a hell of a lot when swimming to ensure you're aiming towards optimum efficiency, but I'll get there, I hope especially as I enjoy it.......

One final thought too - I still can't get my head around how well I perform after a drinking session the night before - this has happened all too often - even out on the bike, some of my PB's are after drinking, but why?......................
I certainly don't want to have to drink to achieve this level of performance, but it's good to know I won't be held back!