I’m often amazed at how quickly the human body adapts. At the beginning of last week it was amazement at how the body dispenses with the resources it needs to be able to perform for longer periods of time. I suppose it is inefficient to keep the various pieces of metabolic equipment at a higher level of capability if it is not being used,

This week the amazement is how quickly the body starts to rebuild it’s capabilities. In three sessions I have gone from 40 lengths needing two breaks to catch my breath to 50 lengths without any breaks, and using another regular swimmer as a reference, I have also increased my speed by 10%.

Another couple of weeks, and I’ll be back down the gym.

(Update: And after another session, was managing to keep up with that other regular swimmer for the first 20 lengths, so up by another 10%).