Subject: RE: What's your Least fav trainingMy vote is the swim. I swam from when I was a little kid till I was 18; hung up my goggles and swore I'd never do another lap because I'd done enough for a couple lifetimes. I lasted 22 years without doing a lap (not that I didn't go in the water - I got in my fair share of other water activity and can still do a great canopener off the diving board. )
When I decided I was doing my first tri, I went with my 9 yo daughter to her swim practice and jumped in the open lap lane. When we were on our way home, I said "When did they make the pool longer? When I was a kid it was 25 meters - this pool felt like 100."
It took a while to build back up in yardage and I don't mind swimming now, but I still have a hard time in the off-season with going to the pool vs. going for a long killer bike ride or run. |