Rebellious Reindeer (Page 13)

enders_shadow - 2007-12-07 7:47 AM

barqhead - 2007-12-07 8:38 AM

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:22 AM

I've really got to keep my base running miles up despite the swim challenge.  I'm gonna run today and do a long run tomorrow, but I'll be back to swimming next week...promise...

You mean you'd rather run than swim? What kind of a sicko are you?

Me too! Sal's my kind of sicko! Off-Season 07-08: Season of the Run!!! (I'm just swimming so I can come play with y'all.)

WORD!  Kinda...I do plan on a half iron this spring...yikes!

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:34 AM

enders_shadow - 2007-12-07 7:47 AM

barqhead - 2007-12-07 8:38 AM

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:22 AM

I've really got to keep my base running miles up despite the swim challenge.  I'm gonna run today and do a long run tomorrow, but I'll be back to swimming next week...promise...

You mean you'd rather run than swim? What kind of a sicko are you?

Me too! Sal's my kind of sicko! Off-Season 07-08: Season of the Run!!! (I'm just swimming so I can come play with y'all.)

WORD!  Kinda...I do plan on a half iron this spring...yikes!

yeah buddy!  way to go!  which HIM are you doing sal?

Noz - 2007-12-07 8:41 AM

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:34 AM

enders_shadow - 2007-12-07 7:47 AM

barqhead - 2007-12-07 8:38 AM

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:22 AM

I've really got to keep my base running miles up despite the swim challenge.  I'm gonna run today and do a long run tomorrow, but I'll be back to swimming next week...promise...

You mean you'd rather run than swim? What kind of a sicko are you?

Me too! Sal's my kind of sicko! Off-Season 07-08: Season of the Run!!! (I'm just swimming so I can come play with y'all.)

WORD!  Kinda...I do plan on a half iron this spring...yikes!

yeah buddy!  way to go!  which HIM are you doing sal?

Early season tri...usually a wetsuit swim, so I'm good there.  I'm mostly worried about the bike miles.  Trying to get them in before June in Minnesota is TOUGH...just means a LOT of time on the trainer (ugh) and spin classes (O.K., depending on the instructor...where's Mila?)...

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I can barely follow all that you guys are talking about..we are quite the chatty team of Reindeer

My new coach Candy says if we are swimming correctly our lats and outside of our upper arms will be sore..what is that called? Guess what, my outside upper arm is sore so I must be doing something new and different and maybe a little right!!

Swam last night and up to almost 3 hours out of 11. If my girls want to swim tonight at the Y I'll drill and they'll play. Tomorrow I'm trying to be brave and go to the Masters. I'm still getting all goofed up with the new swimming but am catching myself doing a few things right and also working on one thing and then going oops I'm screwing this up. A bit of over thinking perhaps. 

Here you go Pam,

barqhead - 2007-12-07 7:53 AM

enders_shadow - 2007-12-07 8:47 AM

barqhead - 2007-12-07 8:38 AM

sparco - 2007-12-07 8:22 AM

I've really got to keep my base running miles up despite the swim challenge.  I'm gonna run today and do a long run tomorrow, but I'll be back to swimming next week...promise...

You mean you'd rather run than swim? What kind of a sicko are you?

Me too! Sal's my kind of sicko! Off-Season 07-08: Season of the Run!!! (I'm just swimming so I can come play with y'all.)

Shudder......

x2!

Kathy, that is great! 

I love that feeling of soreness that lets you know you are doing something right -

I can also relate to trying to think about so many things - I feel the same way when I cycle, well and run for that matter

keep up the great work!

BunnyB - 2007-12-07 10:35 AM Well, sign me up with those who prefer running over swimming, too. Sorry Beth, I know how much you do love the purple. Me -- not so much. Like Kristen, I'm mostly just swimming so I can play along with everyone in the challenge. I'll definitely end up walk/running more than swimming this month. I have a couple of 5k races coming up in the next 3 months and I hope to shave some time off from the Turkey Trot I did a couple of weeks ago. I'm not sure I'll get to the gym tonight after work. There is discussion of having an impromptu happy hour in honor of the 2 friends who were killed in a car accident yesterday. So, I may just take today as a rest day. Hope everyone has a great day!!

That's ok Melissa!  (and you other sickos that prefer running - LOLOL)

We're just glad you came to play!

Sounds like you have some more important priorities than swimming for today!  Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your friends

PTinVA - 2007-12-07 12:59 PM I swam today. Just thought I'd share.

Sweet Sue 

PTinVA - 2007-12-07 11:59 AM I swam today. Just thought I'd share.

way to go sue!

me too!  closing out the week with 6600 yards! i could do more if dryland workouts were allowed....

have a great weekend reindeer!

Elf Beth,

You can download your teams spreadsheet from here . Thanks again for helping out!

Opus rules!

First Master this afternoon...hoping I feel okay as I'm a little nervous as my swimming sucks and I don't know if I'll know anyone there other than coaches.

I just want to improve this off season and this is part of my checking in with my swim coaches weekly even though it is a 60 mile round trip drive.

I looked up Xterra World results my swim coach Candy placed 5th for pro women..she is a pro Xterra triathlete..how cool is that?  

Morning Reindeers

wow, ALL of the threads were really quiet yesterday and last night - I guess all the time playing on BT supporting and motivating each other finally caught up and we all had to do some real life stuff

I have a pretty big swim on deck today - lots of drills, it's supposed to take 1 hr 10 min, but I'll be very surprised if I can swim it that fast

Have a nice rest day Pam

Be sure to let us know about your master's swim Kathy - that sounds really cool

Masters with coach Andy (Candy's husband he is a pro Xterra triathlete too)...had my own lane worked on on side with rotation on 10-8-6-2 kicks and then just swimming. #1 thing I need to work on is driving hand down and not stopping movement forward and this is the key to swimming well. He explained in goes in straight then goes down more..my elbow knobs (things on outside of elbow when you bend it) should be out to the side of the pool. He said this is #1 thing all the other things like high elbow and such are extra when you get that. A cool suggestion he had was to watch others underwater and you can see those who do it right and those who don't. He said he needs to figure out how to explain it to me so I get it and once I get it things will improve quickly.

Need to work on not moving head so much when breathing as moving head makes other parts of me move.

Points to work on:
1. Drive hand down and having it keep moving forward, elbow knobs out
2. Turn head less to breath should just see lane lines not more...as I make a little cup of air to breath in..
3. Keep everything aligned straight
4. Kick but little lead from feet/ankles

To do:
A. Swim along lane dividers and just look at them to breath..no seeing higher like ceiling or wall
B. Use pull buoy to swim and use small kicks
C. When drilling just focus on one thing not incorporate everything I have been learning...system overload.
D. Drills are great but need to keep swimming too. Drills on easy days, otherwise swimming helps you work things out..being aware of what we want our bodies to do and awareness of what we need to do/correct

All week I had been drilling and not swimming much and he could tell. Need to always swim so it transfers...some folks are great at drilling but it doesn't help their swimming.

I don't think I've ever swam as much in a week as I have this week....great time for a swim challenge

Be happy Reindeer and have a great Sunday

Rest day for me tomorrow..I'm tired and looking forward to it.

Kathy

Awesome recap of your workout, it sounds like you are really going to be getting some great coaching!

Thank you so much for sharing

Enjoy your day of rest tomorrow

Helllloooooo!!!

Any reindeers out there??? Nope - well, I can only assume that you are all out there swimming! LOL

JK - enjoy those well earned rest days and other activities, swim if it's in your plan.

Please make sure to have your log updated today so I can post the results in the final spreadsheet.

If you want to post them in the thread, that would be great!  It will really help bump us up motivate everyone on the team to see how each other is doing!

Beth's results for week one