At one end of the pool at Loughborough University the digital clock states Welcome To The Pool Of Dreams.
At the other end hang banners detailing the names of Loughborough swimmers who have competed at the Olympics.
In the pool are some of Britain’s hopefuls aiming for success at the World Championships in Kazan this summer.
Among them are Fran Halsall, the 2014 European and Commonwealth champion and former world medallist.
Also there is Adam Peaty, a 20-year-old who did not so much announce himself on the international stage in 2014 as crash bang wallop on to it.
The breaststroke specialist won six golds and one silver medal over the Commonwealth Games and European Championships last summer while also setting a new world record of 26.62secs in the 50m breaststroke.
There were three silver medals at the world short-course titles in Doha last December and at the time of writing he tops the rankings over 50m and 100m breaststroke.
Resplendent in a cap bearing the words ‘Made In Water’, he is overseen by coach Mel Marshall, a former world, European and Commonwealth medallist whose name appears on those banners.
A notable part of the session sees Adam do stand-ups – 4x100m breaststroke at maximum speed with no swimdown in between, the lactate…
