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Glad to be back. Off to do my second of the 2 X swimming. And the fins suggestion works wonders , give it a try.
Katie

Just so ya'll know...your Lovely mentor almost caused me to bring the Smack Down to COJ.

Robyn, I am addicted to LOST... seen them all and waiting for the next season to start. I will definitely watch tv on the trainer, I was more looking for something like a spinning class to use at home.

and thanks for the congrats...I'm happy about it, it's a start at least

I just installed the bike computer that the LBS Dood gave me for free. Unfortunetly it does not have the cadence counter on it. Oh well free is free right. (And I bet a few of you were thinking I was up at the bar huh! (Okay the thought not only crossed my mind, but it sat there for quite a while.)

For you swimmers... when the training plan calls for warm up swim, what does that call for? Then it says swim freestyle... But what do you do for warm up in the pool.
Since I am starting the pool this week I better find out.

LaurA

Before I moved to Michigan, I had a TV but it wasn't even plugged into the wall....  But I rented TV shows specifically for long trainer rides.  I'd go nuts without them.

How does a trainer compare to riding just a stationary exercise bike as far as the workout is concerned?

Yay, got in the pool today for the first time since floundering around trying to breath and gasping for air. The pool was actually warm today so that made it better. I went 225 yrds. I don't know if that is any good, but it felt good. I have a lot of work to do. Hopefully the TI swimming book I ordered will help with the form, but I'm just stoked I made it into the pool. Time to go lay some mulch now.

Ok... 225 yards is 225 yards more than I did today! It is great... you can then set your next goal to go 300.

Great job!
Elizabeth

Way to go...I'm right there with you...every 25 yards is a huge accomplishment.

WTG Gator! You know, those of you learning the TI way now will soon be WAY ahead of me. I'm gonna have to bust alot of old habits ti be able to form new ones. I think it would probably be easier if I was a beginner swimmer than being an old swimmer with bad habits.

Sorry so long ahead of time...

You sound so much like where I am right now, it's scary. I do all right my first 25 to 35 and then - BAM - I'm dying for air. Even when I go really, really slowly and do bilateral breathing every 3rd stroke, it doesn't seem to help. I also end up having to take my head pretty far out of the water, too.

I just finished reading Eric Harr's book "Triathlon Training in Four Hours a Week" and I may have figured out my problem. Most of what gets us forward is with our arms, yet I'm still kicking pretty heavily - even when I'm going slow. Also, and I haven't tried doing this 'cause I haven't been to the pool since, but you're supposed to swim from your hips. As a former softball player, the analagy he gave made sense to me. When you throw a ball, you use your hips and rotate into the throw. Now, imagine that sand is covering you right past your waist and then try to throw. You wouldn't throw very far. Now I just need to figure out how to rotate in water! Ugh! :-)

It could be you and I are expending energy in the wrong places. Even if I were doing better, though, I think I might still have breathing problems. To counter that, I've started yoga and after the first lesson I was aware of how much "breath potential" I'd been missing out on. Hopefully, with all this in mind, I can begin to improve.

I sure do hope this helps you in some way. We WILL get past this...!

Thanks for sharing that, Lora!

Here are my goals for next week for the Bikini Challenge:

Run: 92 min
Bike: 120 min
Swim: 1800m
Strength: 3x 60min

Alan...how did you come up with 92 min.... is that 3 30 min. runs, one 92 min. run? Just curious.

Glad you are in the challenge.

Elizabeth