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Jessica- congrats on the thesis!  Do you have to defend, or is it done?  It sounds interesting to me too- we have of patients in our practice in alternative schools, and it really works well for some. 

It headwind there isn't much you can do but tuck down and take it.  It a cross wind, I find the faster I go the more stable I am (thats generally how a bike works).

I live on a peninsula with Lake Huron on one side, and the georgian bay on the other.  I don't remember the last time it was less than 20km/h winds lol

Sara, nice biking post!

Do you have any recommendations in terms of swim workouts to bridge the distance from a sprint to an olympic distance?

I just signed-up for the NYC triathlon..  So I need to get my butt in gear and amp-up my workouts..   

I will echo chichi, the 3/9 position is the best for stability and balance (you learn this quick on rocky trails!), even though it sometimes feels like you want to drop a leg down.

Its a long weekend up here in Canada, and I live in cottage country right now, so I need to find somewhere to hide until the tourists leave.

Hi everyone!  So I finally weaseled my way into the master's group I've been hoping to join (i promised to cause no trouble), and I am totally psyched to improve my swimming.  The problems is that I am so horridly slow.  I look pretty fit, and I could see them thinking "ringer" when I went to the slow lane- that changed when they actually saw me swim.  I think I do about 2:10 for a 100, working kinda hard.  I have never been a fast swimmer, so I'm used to being embarrased in the pool.  Will I really get faster?  I feel like even just swimming will help, and I'll get stroke advice too, but I'm also worried that I'll never be able to swim outside of the slow lane.  Are there people who are just slow?  Or maybe I secrete and compound that doubles the viscosity of the water around me (it's sure what it feels like...)

And is there anything that will help me not look like a seizing sea lion when I do the butterfly???

Thanks so much for the pep talk and suggestions!  It's so helpful to hear that others have been in the same spot and gotten faster.  And I will definately try the drill! I know I have lots of drag (darn hips) and I am definately a sinkie, so I have lots to work on.  I also don't flip turn, which is OK for tri-training (since we don't flip in the lake), but slows me down in the pool. 

Great job on the race!

Totally- do you ever have those dreams when you are trying to run away from something scary, and you feel like your legs just won't move fast enough?  That's what it feels like.  One thing that helps me is to shorten my stride off the bike and increase cadence- it lets my legs loosen up a little more easily, and after about 1/2 mile or so they are looser and I can lengthen a little.  The other thing I do is during the last mile of the bike I increase cadence and decrease (?) the gear (make it easier) so that my legs get used to moving quickly, and aren't as tired off the bike.  Combining the two made a big difference in my last race with how I felt. 

Memphis in May Triathlon race report is up. I cut 47 minutes off my time last year and hit my goal of a sub 3 hour Olympic. I finished in 2:57.

i can help you with your query - swim in the lane next to me   I'm slow, I stop at almost every lap, and i give the appearance of someone who might just be drowning.  IMO, everyone who swims in the lane next to me appears to be blazing fast

actually, i will offer up this advice - if swimming is you weakest sport, train in it more than the other two and you will reduce your competition time because you will inevitably improve on a weakness while your strengths will remain at status quo; remember it took you awhile to master them.  my goal is swim 4x, run 3x, bike 2x per week.  my reality is whatever i can fit into the week with an emphasis now on swimming.  good luck!