#198: The Sets We Never Forget

Julie and Helen ease into Julie's first episode as co-host by doing something a bit different. They turn the mic on themselves and swap the training sets that never left them: the ones scrawled on a whiteboard years ago that somehow still live rent-free in their heads.

Helen digs up the back-end pace breaststroke set she's been doing since joining Cardiff in 2017 (the same one she now does regularly in Lanzarote!) Julie counters with her medley comeback set, the one that got her back into racing shape between baby number four and baby number five. Along the way: race-pace 50s culture, why "max effort" only really happens when someone's racing you, and the speed games that turn a lung-busting session into an actual laugh.

It's the first of a new monthly segment, and they want lots of listeners to get involved. So, have you got a set that's stuck with you for reasons you can't quite explain? Get in touch via @freestyle_media_swimming on Instagram or via our Facebook group and if you’re up for sharing your sets on the podcast!