GordoByrn's Group Full for the Spring (Page 17)

Congrats Suzy you surely accomplished what you wanted to from the swim and got 'er done at a good pace. Speaking of swim, we were talking about catchup stroke - I wanted to add that I like it as a *defensive* strategy - with arms outstretched in front of face better protection against a kick. Anyway, with that aside, good job girlfriend!

Hey Matthew, and Gordo, too, you are successfully combining workout & family time. That's not always easy, I know: the hardest part is just getting out the door with a baby/toddler. Actually, that doesn't seem to change much as they get older. When the kids were little we joined  a fancy schmancy fitness center with an excellent childcare facility - that was always great - I could drop them off and go get a workout by myself. It was my ONLY alone time all day and I loved it. For a while, when I was working FT we had an au pair live with us - that was a great childcare option for us at the time, we had the pleasure of getting to know this wonderful young lady from a far away culture/place, consistent reliable childcare, time for me to get my work done and get some workouts, and a lifetime friend for the family.

Hey Matthew - if you are talking about the Giant Acorn, I'll see you there. BTW that is a very good venue for a first tri for your wife. Also - before the Culpeper race in August, if you want, we could meet and ride the course together. It goes through some beautiful countryside. But hilly!

Hey peoples - I have some happy testing results for swim and run - have been making some improvements. It feels great, and I guess that's something I can share with you all. Did a run test today, a repeat of what I did last year - at the same HR pace improved from 10 minutes per mile to about 9:14 minutes per mile. :-D

I was sore but after 24 hours felt fine. I've been logging consistent training hours for more than a year now and I think I'm tolerating the work much better, recovering better. Of course it was not a RACE it was easy paced (except the bike, chasing those dudes up and down the hills of Albemarle County, that was going pretty hard)

I kind of exhale underwater in rhythm with my strokes - exhale1-2 3 - breathe - exhale1-2 3 - breathe -

Well, swam another continuous mile or so today, this time in the lake. Not really confident about the distance covered but feel pretty sure that I swam this EVEN slower than in the pool. Gordo, without a wetsuit, is OWS maybe 15% slower than a pool? Between sighting, course corrections, and no push off the wall - yeah, it's gotta be slower. This swim was somewhat afflicted with get-'er-done-itis, but after it was over I did kind of look around at the mountains and the forest surrounding the lake and said

wow,

beautiful

Sometimes I get a bit caught up in the metrics and the piling up of training numbers but then kind of remember how amazing it is that we can do these things, how strong we are, yet so humble in the big scheme of things and there we are swimming biking running, moving, living our lives as fully as we can.

Anyway, a little bit of trippin' on endorphins thoughts. Take care all!

Good ideas for the recovery, Suzy, especially the CHOCOLATE milk. I actually did a light spin/swim the day after the SBR BDT and they both helped a lot. Also ice bath immediately after workout. Actually I think I am feeling fatigue more now, several days later, though it's hard to tell what with it being a very busy week, kids out of school, swim meets, Lakers games, etc.

And as it turns out it seems likely I will not be able to do that Olympic, will have to settle for our local one a month later. 

Have a good weekend everyone.