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Wednesday, 25 December 2013 00:10

Photo - Phillip Phillips lookalike, Dan Hedgecock.

By Dan Hedgecock (danhedgecock.com - 11/24)

Operacion Eau de Chlorine is getting to about the 6 week point. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly because the first 3-4 weeks were just easing back into training, emphasis on the word ease. This week will be my first ‘for reals’ week of training with 35k of swimming in the pool spread out pretty evenly over 10 swims.

I haven’t been looking at the clock at all since I started back up to make sure I don’t get too...

depressed. I think it’s really important to get actually out of shape at the end of the season, and not just the “Oh yeah I’m out of shape but am still training nearly full time and continue to have all of my nagging injury issues that I’ve had for 4 years” out of shape that most people mistake for end of the year rest. When you get really out of shape and let all those little things heal up, getting back into gear is a bit rough, so I make sure not to look at any clocks or watches for a month or two. READ MORE