They Who Shall not be Named II

MotoQueen

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Scott, I love the new avatar. Don't know why you feel old, you don't look it.

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Master

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:49 AM

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone! Feels like home here. NICE to resurrect the yummy body shots!

Sorry I couldn't play last night. I was looking through some BT training plans and the next thing I know it was bedtime and the only nibbin time I had was from Dee's inspire directing me here!

I need a little help from the swimmers out there. I remember from the other thread that we have a couple of excellent swimmers..... I am going on vacation Monday. I'll have full access to a pool at the house and I plan to do ALOT of swimming. Can someone help me come up with a three week total focus training plan that will help improve my swimming. The pool isn't huge, but adequate. I'm taking the Total Immersion dvd with me, but to be quite honest, I didn't do so well with it the first time I used it.

Where are you going on vacation? I haven't tried the total immersion, you will have to let me know how you like it.

Going to my inlaws house in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica. I've tried the TI dvd before, but didn't get very far. I'll give it another shot though.

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kaqphin - 2007-11-12 10:23 PM

Hey the thread title name changed!

I went looking for the old name this morning and I guess I'm slow, it took a while to figure out there was a Twisnibbins II. Yahoo.

Let's go for a Twisnibbins III.

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Master

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:56 AM Scott, I love the new avatar. Don't know why you feel old, you don't look it.

I think Spokes is ageless. He has one of those mischievous boyish faces that'll be getting him in trouble when he's 80.

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MotoQueen

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:00 AM

kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:49 AM

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone! Feels like home here. NICE to resurrect the yummy body shots!

Sorry I couldn't play last night. I was looking through some BT training plans and the next thing I know it was bedtime and the only nibbin time I had was from Dee's inspire directing me here!

I need a little help from the swimmers out there. I remember from the other thread that we have a couple of excellent swimmers..... I am going on vacation Monday. I'll have full access to a pool at the house and I plan to do ALOT of swimming. Can someone help me come up with a three week total focus training plan that will help improve my swimming. The pool isn't huge, but adequate. I'm taking the Total Immersion dvd with me, but to be quite honest, I didn't do so well with it the first time I used it.

Where are you going on vacation? I haven't tried the total immersion, you will have to let me know how you like it.

Going to my inlaws house in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica. I've tried the TI dvd before, but didn't get very far. I'll give it another shot though.

Wow, Costa Rica. Sounds great and it too is on the beach if I've got my spanish right "playa" = beach. Take pictures and send one of your feet and the beach. LOL

I was a swimmer many years back, but I just swim now so I'm not a good one to give you any help. I'm going to try to do some drill during the Dec Swim challenge and was going to look at the BT plans. Let me know what you do find out about a 3 week plan.

Edited by kns57 2007-11-13 6:04 AM

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Master

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You gotta admit, the boy has some LEGS!

Edited by tnickerson 2007-11-13 6:04 AM

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MotoQueen

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:04 AM

You gotta admit, the boy has some LEGS!

Even without being on tiptoes.

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Extreme Veteran

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Minnesota

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:00 AM

kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:49 AM

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone! Feels like home here. NICE to resurrect the yummy body shots!

Sorry I couldn't play last night. I was looking through some BT training plans and the next thing I know it was bedtime and the only nibbin time I had was from Dee's inspire directing me here!

I need a little help from the swimmers out there. I remember from the other thread that we have a couple of excellent swimmers..... I am going on vacation Monday. I'll have full access to a pool at the house and I plan to do ALOT of swimming. Can someone help me come up with a three week total focus training plan that will help improve my swimming. The pool isn't huge, but adequate. I'm taking the Total Immersion dvd with me, but to be quite honest, I didn't do so well with it the first time I used it.

Where are you going on vacation? I haven't tried the total immersion, you will have to let me know how you like it.

Going to my inlaws house in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica. I've tried the TI dvd before, but didn't get very far. I'll give it another shot though.

I don't know if this would help you, but I found this site the other day. It has 50 different workouts and some Triathlon specific articles. http://ruthkazez.com/50swimworkouts.html

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MotoQueen

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Okay signing off now (with post 600) and heading off to work. Will check in throughout the day.

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Master

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Granvile, Ohio

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Hate to leave you here alone, but I gotta go get my trainer ride in before I go shopping! Have a ~~great~~ sane day!

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Master

1397

Granvile, Ohio

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 7:08 AM Okay signing off now (with post 600) and heading off to work. Will check in throughout the day.

Oh good, now I don't feel so bad!

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MotoQueen

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:02 AM

kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:56 AM Scott, I love the new avatar. Don't know why you feel old, you don't look it.

I think Spokes is ageless. He has one of those mischievous boyish faces that'll be getting him in trouble when he's 80.

He'll be chasing the nurses in the old folks home then. That's why he's such a good runner.

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MotoQueen

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Morning Jeni, bye Jeni.

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TinkerBeth

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Morning Nibbins!

I overslept - so no time to chat. I had a terrible time sleeping last night.

I think I woke up about every hour

ttyl

Have a great day :-)

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 7:00 AM

kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:49 AM

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone! Feels like home here. NICE to resurrect the yummy body shots!

Sorry I couldn't play last night. I was looking through some BT training plans and the next thing I know it was bedtime and the only nibbin time I had was from Dee's inspire directing me here!

I need a little help from the swimmers out there. I remember from the other thread that we have a couple of excellent swimmers..... I am going on vacation Monday. I'll have full access to a pool at the house and I plan to do ALOT of swimming. Can someone help me come up with a three week total focus training plan that will help improve my swimming. The pool isn't huge, but adequate. I'm taking the Total Immersion dvd with me, but to be quite honest, I didn't do so well with it the first time I used it.

Where are you going on vacation? I haven't tried the total immersion, you will have to let me know how you like it.

Going to my inlaws house in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica. I've tried the TI dvd before, but didn't get very far. I'll give it another shot though.

'Morning, Tammy. TI has some good points, but there are three things I've seen in the book that I don't agree with. 1. You need to kick, you cannot just drag your legs through the water. This saves no energy!! 2. During the recovery portion of the stroke (when your arm is out of the water) reach as far forward with your hand OUT of the water. Do not let your hand enter the water near your head, then extend it under the water. More tiring, more drag! 3. I don't like how far underwater they want your head. To me, the water line should be at or slightly above your forehead, not at the back of your head.

What part of swimming do you struggle with? Pull, kick, body position, breathing? Or do you want to build speed and endurance? I can pm you some workouts if you let me know what you want to accomplish. Have a good one!

Pam

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Royal(PITA)

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West Chester, Ohio

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morning 'Nibbins, glad Beth directed me to the party today.

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Master

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Fort Worth

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Wow, not only did you close out the last thread at page 117 but you took our original thread from 4 to 11 already. I take one evening to relax and watch movies and you leave me way behind. LOL Ok. I'll catch up at work, talk to you then.

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Master

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Granvile, Ohio

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zipp1 - 2007-11-13 8:53 AM morning 'Nibbins, glad Beth directed me to the party today.

Hey, good morning! I meant to post the link to the Flying Pig marathon on the other thread, but forgot....

http://www.flyingpigmarathon.com/

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Master

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barqhead - 2007-11-13 8:29 AM
Morning, Tammy. TI has some good points, but there are three things I've seen in the book that I don't agree with. 1. You need to kick, you cannot just drag your legs through the water. This saves no energy!! 2. During the recovery portion of the stroke (when your arm is out of the water) reach as far forward with your hand OUT of the water. Do not let your hand enter the water near your head, then extend it under the water. More tiring, more drag! 3. I don't like how far underwater they want your head. To me, the water line should be at or slightly above your forehead, not at the back of your head. What part of swimming do you struggle with? Pull, kick, body position, breathing? Or do you want to build speed and endurance? I can pm you some workouts if you let me know what you want to accomplish. Have a good one! Pam

Well now, that's a very good question. Ultimate goal is to get faster. I believe to get faster, I need to be more efficient in the water. Problems that I am aware of now:

1. My butt and legs are too low in the water. When I use the pull buoy between my knees I can definitely feel the difference, but I don't know how to correct it swimming without the buoy.

2. When I swim laps, I usually concentrate on reaching out as far as I can, feeling my lats working. When I do this, I can usually get a good roll going and it also seems to relax me. The problem is that if I start thinking about anything else, EVERYTHING falls apart. I don't know how to think about stroke, body position, and kicking all at the same time.

3. I feel like I have one speed. Slow. If I try harder, I actually slow down. If I feel like I'm really poking along, but relaxed, I go a little faster.

I did learn how to bilaterally breath this fall. Is this something you actually do in a race situation? I've never noticed swimmers bilaterally breathing in a race.

Thanks!

I did see the link to the 50 swim workouts. I have to figure out what they are talking about before I can actually do one!

I'll take another look at them when I have a little longer.

Edited by tnickerson 2007-11-13 8:25 AM

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Master

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Granvile, Ohio

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HCS5QA - 2007-11-13 9:09 AM Wow, not only did you close out the last thread at page 117 but you took our original thread from 4 to 11 already. I take one evening to relax and watch movies and you leave me way behind. LOL Ok. I'll catch up at work, talk to you then.

Morning Hector! There was a definite lack of male companionship around here yesterday! (I almost said it was too quiet, ha! ) Hope you had a relaxing day yesterday!

Okay, I'm off to shop.....

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TinkerBeth

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 5:40 AM

Good morning everyone! Feels like home here. NICE to resurrect the yummy body shots!

Sorry I couldn't play last night. I was looking through some BT training plans and the next thing I know it was bedtime and the only nibbin time I had was from Dee's inspire directing me here!

I need a little help from the swimmers out there. I remember from the other thread that we have a couple of excellent swimmers..... I am going on vacation Monday. I'll have full access to a pool at the house and I plan to do ALOT of swimming. Can someone help me come up with a three week total focus training plan that will help improve my swimming. The pool isn't huge, but adequate. I'm taking the Total Immersion dvd with me, but to be quite honest, I didn't do so well with it the first time I used it.

Hi Tammy! Sounds like you are going to be racking up some serious swim numbers - prepping for the Dec swim challenge? :-)

I had a great set of workouts that I can't find now - I'll keep looking - I bet Pam has something though

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TinkerBeth

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Liverpool, New York

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 5:52 AM

D001 - 2007-11-12 10:58 PM Hm. Beth's post count is catching up to Cat's. And my post count.... is holding steady, compared to Beth's. (Which tells me something. LOL) BUT I'm catching up to Cat, too. Conclusion -- CAT NEEDS TO TYPE FASTER! Or... something like that. LOL

Does that mean Beth will be losing a lot of her stars soon? LOL

LOL - I was thinking the same thing - do you think it will happen today?

smart lady, planning your swim around your vacation! WTG

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TinkerBeth

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Liverpool, New York

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:02 AM

kaqphin - 2007-11-12 10:23 PM Hey the thread title name changed!

I went looking for the old name this morning and I guess I'm slow, it took a while to figure out there was a Twisnibbins II. Yahoo. Let's go for a Twisnibbins III.

;-)

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TinkerBeth

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Liverpool, New York

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tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:00 AM

Going to my inlaws house in Playa Carrillo Costa Rica. I've tried the TI dvd before, but didn't get very far. I'll give it another shot though.

ooooooh, how long will you be there?

be sure to take lots of pics to share!

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TinkerBeth

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Liverpool, New York

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kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:10 AM

tnickerson - 2007-11-13 6:02 AM

kns57 - 2007-11-13 6:56 AM Scott, I love the new avatar. Don't know why you feel old, you don't look it.

I think Spokes is ageless. He has one of those mischievous boyish faces that'll be getting him in trouble when he's 80.

He'll be chasing the nurses in the old folks home then. That's why he's such a good runner.

LMAO!!!!!!

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