tcovert's Winter 2009 Mentor Group - FULL (Page 14)

Goals for this week:  Nothing in concrete.

I've got a trade show all week and next weekend that I leave for on Tuesday ... have to make the grueling 50 mile drive to Anaheim   But, that puts me at the Hilton for 6 days.  No pool for lap swimming, but they do have a full gym and spin classes.  I'll check the schedule and see if I can jump in any of the classes, but if not, my only goal is to try to fit in a week of 90 minute workouts.  Unfortunately, they'll all be on the stationary bike and treadmill.

I'll get the miles and the minutes done to maintain, but that's it as far as setting any goals.

On another note, it seems I've given up on swimming.  It's probably my biggest comfort zone and the discipline with which I am most comfortable, so while I'm working up my running I'm setting swimming aside for another week or two.  I've got a sprint at the end of February and the swim is only 500 meters, which I can easily get up to speed with by starting again two or three times a week at the first of the month.  Weird, though, because I feel guilty about not doing it.  However, I've read a lot that it's okay to pull back on a stronger discipline to focus on a weaker on in the off-season.  We'll see

Hope everyone has a great week! 

Thanks for all the good advice.  One more question.  If you wear a jersey and tri shorts under the wet suit, what does that do to sizing needs?

Also, I thought I would wait until closer to April with open water swimming opens here so I know what the weight will do by then. 

Excellent.  Many thanks to you both.

I had a great weekend.  Hope you all did too.  Still imprisoned indoors for workouts - Tuesday is scheduled to be 11 with sub zero windchills and snow.  I earn the name...

That is so great and exciting Susie!!!  I have seen the Swim Workouts in a Binder and there are definitely a lot of good drills in there.  Yay for you!!! 

Awesome!  Good for you!  Isn't it fun to succeed? 

My Masters coach took a 100 yard sprinter and turned me into a distance swimmer in 6 weeks.  I've done a mile and stopped only because I ran out of time.  Now I'm working on strength and time.  It all comes together with patience and work and proper instruction.  In the immortal words of Anthony Hopkins in the greatest movie of all time, The Edge, "What one man (or woman) can do, another can do." 

WOW! Congratulations, Susie. That must feel Soooo good. 

I'm going to try and post some swim workouts I got somewhere and have used over the last year. I have more if you're interested. Having a workout sure helps me to have some structure in the pool rather than just swimming laps. For drills you can do anything -- catch up drill, dragging fingertips, one armed swimming with one arm at your side, etc. I hope this helps out.

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Swim Workouts

There's one drill on workout #13, plus I always try and add some drill/form stuff in each workout.

Ambular's site look interesting. I'll check it out later. Off to work. Hi-ho, hi-ho.

Yeah Paul, congrats!  Give us the scoop ...

Hey Todd, how did you get the forecast bar at the top of your log?

You have to be a performance member to get the forecast bar. Its an option in your control panel  once you upgrade.

Susie congrats on the swim! When you see hard work pay off it makes it exciting doesn't it?

My goals for the week:

run 3 times (yeah I'm starting to be able to run!)

ride 3 times

weights 2 times

maybe a swim or two if the pool opens this week

I've really not been focused lately. I need to start being more consistant, eating better, etc Time to get past this "off season" mentality

My goals for the week:

Hmm... maybe you could try eating something a little more 'solid' before the workout?  Like a peanut butter sandwich or something of that nature???

That is just an idea that I am throwing out there... I too get a stomach ache every now and then after a tough workout (my body's way of saying 'what the heck did you just do to me?!').  I find that it's not too bad if I eat something like pretzels, a peanut butter sandwich, or rice cakes shortly before working out.

I also find that if I don't eat shortly after a hard workout then my stomach starts to hurt in a way that I feel sick.  That means that I am definitely low on fuel and I need to 'recharge' (aka: eat now!). 

Those are just my thoughts though!