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Also, one thing I have really found that affects me is that I swim very early in the morning. If I had a really long or difficult run the previous day it affects my speed and form a lot. I think it's because my kick is weaker and it hurts my body position.

Dunno is anyone else finds the same?

Also, one thing I have really found that affects me is that I swim very early in the morning. If I had a really long or difficult run the previous day it affects my speed and form a lot. I think it's because my kick is weaker and it hurts my body position.

Dunno is anyone else finds the same?

Just sharing a little progress thanks to you all.

Goal for my 1000 TT in the pool this morning was anything under 16:00 min.  My last TT I did 16:15 and had a chest cold so I couldn't flip turn. Today I was feeling good, coming off a rest day and I really wanted to put it all out there. This time my lungs, abs and legs were burning but I kept thinking of how disappointed I would be to finish and not reach my goal. Stopped my watch and I was so afraid to look at the time - 15:25!

Gotta give credit to the swim pace info we discussed last week. I reviewed those pages before I left for the pool. Thanks for answering our questions!

Dan, my kick really, really sucks. I have a decent pull.

I find when the legs are fatigued that my body position changes in such a way that my hips probably drop. This definitely slows me down and makes me feel more awkward in the pool.

Truthfully the bad kick is ok for tri's as my wetsuit helps with body position enough that the poor kick has less of a negative impact.

My real issue is very inflexible ankles.

I don't really check every 100 on my watch, but I sort of know all the splits for each 50 up to 500 yards and can work out the math pretty quick.

BTW, a way to prevent a possible missed lap is to look at your watch every 100 yards. ie; for a 15:00 1,000 TT you should be hitting them on 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 etc, etc.

If you are averaging a few seconds over the 1:30 number than you know you have missed a lap if your overall number is lower than the 1:30 averaged over 1,000 yards.

I don't really check every 100 on my watch, but I sort of know all the splits for each 50 up to 500 yards and can work out the math pretty quick. BTW I am terrible at ACTUALLY counting laps, and only really do it based on what my 100 pace should be.

Dan is there any concern with the zoomers affecting the run?

ie; inflexible ankles are a relatively normal and good thing for runners and would I be sacrificing some run ability for swim ability by getting better ankle flexibility?

Dan is there any concern with the zoomers affecting the run?

ie; inflexible ankles are a relatively normal and good thing for runners and would I be sacrificing some run ability for swim ability by getting better ankle flexibility?

I have never heard of more ankle flexibility affecting the run.

BTW, a way to prevent a possible missed lap is to look at your watch every 100 yards. ie; for a 15:00 1,000 TT you should be hitting them on 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 etc, etc.

If you are averaging a few seconds over the 1:30 number than you know you have missed a lap if your overall number is lower than the 1:30 averaged over 1,000 yards.

I don't really check every 100 on my watch, but I sort of know all the splits for each 50 up to 500 yards and can work out the math pretty quick. BTW I am terrible at ACTUALLY counting laps, and only really do it based on what my 100 pace should be.

Runners tend to develop less ankle flexibility.  The reason (or theory, at least) is that the reduced flexibilty helps promote running efficiency as more of the 'recoil' energy from landing and take-off goes into the forward propulsion (instead of losing some of the energy to 'floppy' ankles).  I am sure I butchered the actual physics, but it's something along those lines.