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I let it slip the last couple of days! After being away from the office last week, I haven't been able to sneak onto BT as much!

I train with the ipod for almost all of my running as well as the trainer.  Everything from music, to podcasts (I'm a fan of Dave Ramsey and Simply Stu, who has a tri related podcast), plus I will occasionally list to a book.  Music wise I have everything from county to alternative.  Lately I have been into Buckcherry, Hinder, Fall Out Boy, and 3 doors down. But I also have the Eagles and Elvis on there too.  (the other day the wife busted me singing along to viva las vegas)!  Sometimes I'll just put it on shuffle and take what it gives me, other times I have specific playlists that are mostly designed for running at certain tempo's.

I hope the PF doesn't set you back too much!  Your training has been going well!

Yippee!!!  I got my February century done today.  It wasn't much fun but I did burn about 6,000 calories so I ate two slices of pizza tonight.  Yum.

I'd go nuts if I couldn't listen to the iPod.  I listen on the bike (I know, I know....   dangerous), in the weight room, on the treadmill, and on the stationary bike.  If I could figure out how to listen in the pool I'd be all set.

I just put it on shuffle and here are the first five songs:

1. The Water is Wide - James Taylor
2. Lenny - Stevie Ray Vaughan
3. Pocatello - James McMurtry
4. Alone - Toby Lightman
5. American Tune - Ann Wilson

I'd be really interested to see what the rest of you guys have show up as the first five on your shuffle.

I've been listening to a lot of James McMurtry lately.  Ben Folds is always a favorite.  Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild) and the sound track from "Once" are great (the movie is one of my favorites).  Los Lonely Boys, Mofro, and Ryan Adams are usually somewhere on a playlist.

 I went aquajogging today and put my whole ipod shuffle on top of my head, with the volume turned way up, and threw on a swim cap.  It worked PERFECT!  Probably not as glamorous for the boys to try though.

I LOVE it!!!!

I've looked into some of the swimming devices available, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.  More for the long open water swims in June and July than for the pool, but it would be nice for the times I go to the Y and swim on my own.

I'm not sure anyone would notice!   What we wear in this sport is glamorous to begin with!

These guys will waterproof a standard iPod shuffle...

http://www.swimman.com/

I used to use an iPod when running.  I decided about a year ago to focus on the running and not the music.  It was hard at first but it has really put me more in tune with how I'm preforming.

However there are times I really miss the music.

That sounds like the best of ken's record album collection (other than I don't think I have anything by anyone named Martha!)!  Hundreds of LP's in boxes because I am too sentimental to sell them and to cheap to buy a turn table to transfer them to digital. (Although the prices are coming down so maybe I'll get one)!

I like the new version of Beat It that Fall Out Boy has!

Craig,

I finally got by the bike shop today and asked my guy about this.  He said that if you have a triple you'll need the long cage.  Bolting it up isn't any problem and it should fit just like the one that's on there now.  He said the issues will be getting the chain on, adjusting the cable tension, and adjusting the derailleur high and low adjustment.  He doesn't recommend breaking the chain to route it through the new derailleur.  He recommends taking a couple of screws off the derailleur and sort of twisting and spreading it to put the chain through.

His take is that if you have a friendly bike shop you might try it yourself and use them to fix any screw ups.  If you aren't in a position to do that it might be best just to take it to the shop from the get-go.

Hope that helps (now that the auction is over).

Chip,

Thanks for asking your bike shop.  I think I may have to give this a try.  I'll let you know how it goes. 

Craig

You'll apreciate them more once you get in the pool and aren't pulling a "sail" behind you!

Be careful, they may shoot you just out of principle!

A couple of you asked about the swim clinic.  The endless pool itself was interesting.  I never got really comfortable in it, but I'm so new to swimming that I'm not entirely comfortable in the pool either.  I think if I had the opportunity to swim in one a lot I'd get comfortable and it would be a great training tool.  The idea of a lap pool in my garage is appealing.

As for the clinic, the coach was pretty happy with my head position and breathing and saw quite a bit of improvement there.  Balance seemed pretty good as well.  My struggle is with the length of time I'm "gliding" during the stroke, and it's primarily with my left arm.  I pull my stroke back before I should and it gets worse as I fatigue.  When I force myself to slow the stroke down I get lazy with my arms and how they enter the water.  Apparently I'm unable to think of more than one thing at a time.  So now I have a couple of new drills to work on over the next few weeks.

I can't imagine trying to do this without a coach.

I always wondered what it was like swimming in one of those pools! 

You are right, it is important to get good coaching for the swimming.  Whether it is in a clinic or a masters setting, getting feedback on the right and wrong things you are doing is important.

I sometimes compare swimming to golf! A lot of different things to remember every stroke!

Thanks for the update!

Sounds like a good plan!  When you can't work on sometbing you want, work on something you can!  The time in the pool will be of great value! (Now I just need to practice what I preach!)

Does anyone have any races coming up?

R E C O V E R Y   W E E K   F O R   M E !!!!!!

 Haha, some of you saw the "motivational" note to myself.  I must have put that there when I signed up for my HIM in November.  Well, my training plan is for 20 weeks and I'm pretty happy that I started about 7 or 8 weeks before that.  

 Ken...I was closer to your part of the state yesterday.  My mom had car trouble in Waterloo so I had to drive the 2 hours to pick her up.  Too bad I got a speeding ticket on the way. =(  Apparently, cops don't sympathize with young gals driving to help out family in trouble. Hmph!

 Anywhooo...I need to find a 1/2 Mary to sign up for.  There's one in Ithaca that I'm eyeing and there's also a 15k coming up too. 

Oh no! That's too bad about the speeding ticket!  You could have popped over to Geneva from there and did a quick tune up swim in Seneca Lake! (If it wasn't frozen over! )

I got a kick out of that note!

I'll hopefully find out this week if I am going to be home for the 1/2 in Ithaca.  If I am I'll come over and run that with you.