SWBKRUN fast, furious, and closed (Page 172)

Sorry, been a little a busy watching the "Politics" here in the Cheeseland!  All the outside special interest money can please leave our state now, you don't pay taxes here and don't vote here!!!  AND now you lost again!!!!     ...................    

Oh, and the NL Central Leading Brewers!    

*************    Rant over  ***************************

My first thought on the NY Tri is what a shame that in a sport centered around fitness, health, weight-loss, etc. that participants would have health issues during a race that could kill or injure.  I also find it interesting that almost all the swimming "incidents" during races in the last three years are not related to drownings, but cardiac issues.  

However, people swimming with noodles in an OWS swim event in a river with current?  IMO, that is just crazy.  I understand they pulled a bunch of people out of the water also.  Seems like a blatant lack of respect for the distance and dangers involved.

If that type of lack of respect continues, I don't completely oppose the idea of having to graduate up the distance scale.  I have heard that concept for a while now.  For example, prove you have completed a sprint to sign up for an Oly, prove you have completed an Oly to sign up for a HIM, prove you have completed a HIM to sign up for a IM, etc.  This process could mirror the US Cycling Category system that is designed to keep "pack" racing safe.  In that system, you are required to have 10 mass starts at the Category 5 level before you move up to Category 4, no matter how fast you are or if you win all 10 of those races.  This ensures you have the necessary experience to handle the next step up.  Seems like the USAT could learn a little from that process.  It would help insure that racing peeps had the necessary experience to complete the OWS distance.   

What thoughts do you have?

Then again, we also have had 2 people taken out from behind on their bikes in the State in the last 2 weeks by inattentive drivers.  At least they charged them both with vehicular manslaughter!  So maybe the Good Lord has other plans for all of us!  

Get busy Livin' and Keep diggin'  

If you all don't mind I am jumping back into the fray of these blogs. I have only had time to be a voyeur over the past few months, but you know it is lonely out there and I need some contact with those who live this day in and day out.

So I did my first Oly about a month ago...and I can say I finished..and the swim was good...the rest was down hill. Last race of the year coming up in September. Thanks for the entertainment over the past few months with some very interesting and enlightening topics, I will do my best to contribute...but I am sure I will have more questions then answers.

Down at the Jersey shore this week, and hoping to get lots of training in, ran on the beach today, tried without socks for the first time...that was a mistake...some nice blisters...had to take my shoes off for the last two miles...love running in the surf

Bruce

btw - I had a nano holder as well and hated it...plugs never stayed in my ears, and it always sounded like they were singing underwater...I guess they were

My heart is saddened to read that someone who runs 12-ish miles on a daily basis finds ANY swimming BORING. (sniffle sniffle)

Any way you can channel whatever brain power you use when running into the pool? Or do you run with tunes?

Other thoughts would be do to different sets in the pool -- do you normally just swim uninterrupted, or do you do drills/sets to break things up?

Hi Kyla, I do try to break up sets and relax and focus on drills. That works well for me on almost all swim workouts. And I never use music when I run for safety reasons. But when swimming long distance, sharing a lane, and being inside, I do get bored and wondered if music helps other people : )

I thought I saw you running down there the other day.

Good to see you back Bruce!!

this is a 'sucked it up post'

Was looking forward to today's run. 2 hr run. last longish run. Mentally, the long runs would be done after today.

I get out there- skies are looking dark, but who knows when. I get about 30 minutes in and it starts to rain. No problem. I'm not made of sugar(Tracy where are you??). And then it starts to pour. Like hard. I got back to the car in 50 minutes, soaked. Pathways were flooding over. Not good. I texted my coach when I got home. Told her the story. Everything was soaked. I was a drowned rat. she said " is it raining now?" "No" I say. "Ok well your orthotics will be dry within an hour go out and run the last 70 minutes." And you know what I did it. Felt good. Glad I did now.

It's real now. #781. Feels like a good number!

Off for a ride and run.

It's real now. #781. Feels like a good number!

Off for a ride and run.

It's real now. #781. Feels like a good number!

Off for a ride and run.

SUCK IT UP!  It means you're finally a runner!

Linda/Kyla--I can't imagine listening to music in the pool.  I originally got that thing because I was having panic attacks and my very first swim teacher thought it might be a way to avoid them.  I wore it once.  It totally messed with my timing which is why it went to Tony.   In an effort to have a more balanced stroke that is pretty much all I think about in the pool. Sometimes I drift away thinking I'll swim as fast as you guys one day, but that's fleeting!

Off to eat some hills!

SSMinnow - 2011-08-13 7:33 PM I'm back and I survived!  Big thunderstorm,  course was 6m too long, but I perservered at a far better pace than a year ago.  The highlight other than getting 'er done...Robby Ventura was doing the ride as a promotional guest and as he was coming up behind me, he told me I was a pocket rocket on the hills....of course, he then flew by with ease while I was chugging away!  This was my last looooooooooooong ride and I'm gladddddddddddddddd.

18+ hours on the bike in one week?  AWESOME!!!