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2017-02-16 12:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Ditch the pull buoy?

Originally posted by reecealan [

Badass. 

I think I'd need to learn flip turns to tackle that long a pool swim... 

Good luck!

Matt

] Thanks, My official distance ended up being 4,110 yards (they pro-rate partial distances at the 1 hour mark). My goal was 4,200, stretch goal was 4,300. I felt short of breath after about 500 yards so breathing didn't feel optimum not sure why. I finally felt like breathing was good 3/4th the way into it but by that time I was feeling the fatigue. Had a had a pull buoy I think I would have made the 4,300 LOL! Just got to keep working on that body position, high elbow catch bla bla bla....

Very nice result (even without a PB).  Congrats on a nice hour of suffering!

And it's the bla bla bla that prolly makes one faster, but that I find most confusing!  Hence threads on PB use and such (just started one asking about rotation, for example).  I have no problem going hard, it's the going smart that I struggle with. 

Matt

2017-02-16 12:37 PM
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Subject: RE: Ditch the pull buoy?
I love it, too.

I had shoulder surgery on 12/14/16. I'm going to try to swim for the first time since Nov......Monday (2/20). I plan to use fins, at first....then progress to the PB.....then see where that goes. Both of my races this year will be wetsuit legal.

If I knew every race I'd ever do would be wetsuit legal, I'd swim every session in core shorts..........period. I have never understood the argument against this.

To the OP......good luck. If you wanna talk shoulders, shoot me a PM. I'd like to know exactly how much discomfort you still had when you decided to get back in.....and how long you went, at first.

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2017-02-17 2:44 PM
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Subject: RE: Ditch the pull buoy?

Thanks for all the responses - I'll use the pull buoy, but sparingly.

To answer the last question, I haven't gone past 1300M - this has nothing to do with the shoulder, but is a product of limited time (travel all week = 0 swim).  The shoulder came back quite quickly, but I also didn't push and just tried to reintroduce swimming in short spurts.  I didn't swim anything other than 50/100's so the shoulder (and me) had plenty of rest getting acclimated to the water again.

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