2019 - the one that nearly got away!!
Jo Mitchinson- Aqua Sphere and MP Ambassador Perfect training setting in Lanzarote in October Towards the end of the year, I always start to reflect on the past 12 months and make plans for the new year. This frequently then overspills into a December blog about how the year’s gone. Over the past few years, having read my blogs back, I see lines like “one of those amazing seasons where everything just went right” and “my top 10 races of 2017”. If I was going to summarise 2019 it would be ‘brutal’. Emotionally and physically. It’s been a year of massive change, setback after setback and, a taste of what life will be like when swimming is no longer part of it, courtesy of a 4 month break. The year started well, with a swim that astounded me at the County Championships. From that point on, it all started going downhill, with my goals changing from getting a swim at the English Nationals to simply completing a session. The breathing issues I’d managed for 3 year