Gray Guys/Girls Masters Focus Triathlete Forum (all levels welcome)--CLOSED (Page 16)

I am sorry to hear this.  I know things will be stressful.  Hopefully workouts can make help a bit.

Looks like my post last night didn't go through.

Here's my numbers for the week:
2 lbs lost = +20
no gain = +5
347 minutes = +11.5
total of 36.5 points

So sorry to hear this.  Keeping your family in my thoughts.

Noticed on the WU during my swim session today that I was automatically brushing my hip w/ thumb w/o any thought. Progress!

That is sad. My friend who did the full the day before said he heard this person was a novice. My first Oly a pro had a heart attack and died. It can happen. You last line is the one to remember, Steve.

Sorry Kathy, sending prayers and good thoughts you way.

Originally posted by tkatzhyman I’ve redone my 2014 race schedule. Since I will not be doing the Chesapeake Bay Swim this year I came up with an even more ambitious schedule. I’ve scheduled the following: 4-5 open water swims between 1 and 3 miles each 3 pool swim meets 5-6 Sprint Triathlons 3 Aquabikes @ the international or ½ IM distance 1 Century Bike Ride Virginia Senior Games in swimming and cycling I have not scheduled any running events, if I do any they will be at the 5 or 10k distance as training for my sprint triathlons, no halves or full marathons. I’m flying Southwest to LA so I should have plenty of time to work my training plan and if the pilot can’t find LAX I’ll have even more.

Looks like a good plan!  I am thinking the East Coast Super Sprint, maybe the RTC Sprint, and the Rev 3 Oly in June. Then maybe some of the Peluso Open Water swim races and the Heart of VA double metric century in September....still debating my full plans.

Uh oh!  Your turning into a fish!

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Folks are starting the new year right! Thanks for all the effort. in doing this, James.

I will be better  next week.

Actually, no I won't.. I won't be able to post until Tuesday. Should I just hold off until the next week and post 2 weeks at a time?

Thank you James for doing this!

Thanks James.  I will be better about providing the right information in the right way this week.

This is mainly for Scott:  So I have been paying much more attention to how things 'feel' in the water.  There is one aspect of my stroke that seems quite out of whack.  It is when I breath.  I breath to the right.  When I take a breath, I have trouble getting my left hand to feel like it is grabbing the water (the catch).  It seems like I am missing that perfect point most of the time.  Sometimes I know the angle of my wrist is wrong (hand sort of pointing up when I start the stroke), other times I am pressing the water but it feels 'soft'.  Wondering if I need to tuck my chin a bit more or if I am reaching for too long or too short.

I really like the visual of climbing the ladder.

Hope everyone has a good day!

There is such a device as a lap counter which I have honestly never used.  Some watches (not sure of the brand) also count laps.  I just count. Every 4laps I know I did 100.  However, most of my sets don't call for super long continuous swims where it would be easier to lose the count.

I have a finger lap counter watch that I use. about 25 bucks and it keeps track of lap time, best lap, average, etc. I love it. I am not a tech person by any means and would rather go no tech at all. But after about 20 laps, (okay, fewer than that) I lose count.

Hi Kris -

Assuming you are training in a pool that has lane lines there is a really easy way to keep track of laps.  The discs that make up the lane line are loose.  So go all the way to the wall, grab the last disc, and slide the discs back towards the middle of the pool (it may take a fair amount of effort, just be patient and pull).  You only need to go a foot or two.  Then, every repetition or lap, however you choose to count, slide a disc down to the wall.  If there are a lot of people in the pool and lots of waves, you may need to 'refresh' the position of the discs (slide them back down) but for the most part, they will stay far enough down that you can get an accurate count.