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I think your best bet would be to take a swimming lesson and have the coach watch you swim.  If you really have basic stroke technique correct and your balance is good you might only need to start incorporating speedwork into your pool work outs.  We do this for running and biking, but kind of forget about it for swimming.

I would bet however slow you are, I am slower.  My swimming coach has me do timed stuff (e.g. 5 100s on 2:40), intervals 5 50s (25 hard/25ez)  and sprints (6 25s :10) in order to get me faster.  You might consider trying this on your own, look at one of the swim focused plans on BT, or check out swimplan.com which is a free way to create work outs.

Everyone have a wonderful New Year's Eve!!  Stay safe.   Here's a few jokes to share at the party tonight

One day, a man came home and was greeted by his wife dressed in a very sexy nightie. "Tie me up," she purred, "and you can do anything you want."  So he tied her up and went golfing. (or riding if you are a triathlete.) 

A woman came home, screeching her car into the driveway, and ran into the house.  She slammed the door and shouted, "honey, pack your bags. I won the lottery!" "Oh my goodness! What should I pack, beach stuff or mountain stuff?"  "Doesn't matter." she said. "Just get out!"

My only concern with "staying late"  to practice technique would be fatigue affecting the quality of your drills.  Proper technique is critical to swimming, sodoing some drills first and then doing your planned workout might be better.  Plus, you could then immediately apply what you were working on, rather than waiting until your next swim. 

My $0.02, not a coach no matter how you try to stretch the definition.

Ha Tracy love the jokes....The eggs one was stellar. I had to call my wife and tell her that one. It hits close to home!!

Congrats grandpappa Rob, and I hope all new new Tri Buddies have a fun and safe New Years Eve!!

Just remember to get out there tomorrow to start training towards thoses 2009 Goals!!!

Redknight - 2008-12-31 4:41 AM  ..... drum role for the big news.......... I am a grandpa again as of 4:40 yesterday afternoon. Little boy Myles Avery Davis 6lb 1oz, 18 1/2 inches. Little fella but chubby looking and healthy. I am hoping to get down to London to see them today if they get the roads cleared and my wife can get off work early if not then hockey and go down New years day. Oh yeah had to shovel snow again this morning already. Excercise exercise exercise I should look like a Chipendales dancer Well probably a mature more wrinkled version

Congrats Rob - hope you can make it down to see the little guy soon.  So, what's w/ the pounds and inches, don't you use kilos and cm's up there?

Side note so as not to have 3 consecutive posts:

I dropped my wedding ring off at the jewler yesterday to have it resized.  It kept falling off and had gotten so loose that sometimes I wouldn't even feel it come off.  The final straw was it hitting the men's room floor up at the mountain last week - GROSS!  So I guess I have to keep with this training stuff so I don't have to take it back to have the sizing reversed

Have a safe New Year everyone!

Peace

Yes, definitely do drills first, no doubt about that.  Your technique will improve better since drills would tend to get sloppy if they were at the end of the workout.  Plus you get the added benefit of doing "regular swim" laps after drills, so you're immediately incorporating what you've just practiced, and your endurance will improve after being a little tired from the drills.

Love the Slapshot avatar!

Rob - I think you can find that stuff on Cafe Press. 

Injury Question...

 So a couple days ago i had one of my long runs and ended up running around 8 miles (which was a high for me...yeah) but a couple hours after my run my foot started to really hurt and is at the point where it is very painful to walk and put any weight on (it is the outside of my right foot).  At first i thought it was just a bruise or something and then someone told me that i may have a stress fracture???  Has anyone every experienced anything like this and should i go to the doc or just stay off of it?  Also do you go to a regular doc or someone in Sports medicine?? 

 This really sucks, i was starting to do really well and was very excited about some upcoming races!

Happy New Years!  It's a great day for a run here!

I have a pedal question.  I need some new ones and I think I am going to get these Shimanos:

http://www.performancebike.com/shop/profile.cfm?SKU=24075&subcategory_ID=5245

Has anyone used them??  Opinions??  I know there are as many opinions on pedals as there are on saddles...  Just wondering if anyone has used them?

Karen

I have the Dura Ace version of these pedals and love them.  They are just slightly lighterweight than the ones you are considering.  I swear I have a smoother pedal stroke versus my old Shimano SPDs. Buy them!

First, I am not a doctor so the only way to know for sure what is causing the pain is to see a Sports Med doctor.  Often times, the cause is not what someone tells us or what we search for on the Internet so take comfort in that one. 

Here is the anatomy of the foot. Where exactly on the outside of the foot? the front towards the toes or the back by the heel?  Is there one spot that hurts when pushing on it? Does it hurt as much today as it first did? if you jump on that foot does it about send you through the roof?  A stress fracture typically has a localized spot when pressed on is really painful. The same can be said for jumping on it.  I recently had some foot issues and my sports med doctor also told me he is always more concerned about stress fracture when a runner has pain in the front of the foot (metatarsals) versus the back of the foot.

If you answered yes to any of the above, I would get it checked out by a Sports Med doctor and preferably one who runs.  I also would not run on it until it either feels significantly better or you have had the appointment and he gives you the green light.

If you have any other questions you can PM me.

Suzy

Man, I thought we got deleted - bottom of the page????  I for one slept in this morning, getting the new year off to a roaring start. 

(that doesn't mean I'm just getting up, lunch time here on the left coast)

Thanks!  I am going to go order them now!  I'd go for the DA version, but I just bought a new saddle too! I think these will be good.  Thanks for the advice.

K

I am certainly not a nutrition expert, but I have just finished my workout for the day and am going to try to recover with a few beers over the ballgame.  I will let you know how it works out:-)