Swimmer's Group (Olympic Distance Animals) - OPEN (Page 3)

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So there was this time, I fell off the sidewalk... Yep... I was walking and I really did, sprained my ankle. LMAO!!

I'm good to go as long as it's sunny and above 20.  If it's snowing, it needs to be above 30.  But this below 20 we're having w/ the smog, sucks

Right now, my limit is 50 for running and 60 for biking.  I may go colder on shorter runs.  No upper limit though, 105 and 70% humidity is fine.

Pool day tomorrow... awesome!  Have fun with it Heather!  I start a new project at work tomorrow so have to bump my swimming session starts up from 5:30 to 4:30, so it's in the water for me at 4:30 tomorrow.  At 210 pounds, running is the most difficult leg for me.  That said, I averaged 9.5 minutes/mile tonight on the treadmill for 6.3 miles.  Ya, it's slow, but it's a good start for this fish out of water.

Hope you all have a great training week this week!

-Nat

Thank goodness!  All that bike riding is starting to get obnoxious.

HAHA I hear ya! Did a nice easy run tonight. Put the headlight on and some warm clothes. Starting to get back into the running which surprising felt pretty good. 

Also as a late Xmas present or two I purchased a new Garmin Forerunner 110 off ebay last night and got a steal on a HED3C Front Wheel off ebay today! I'll pair the HED3c with my Zipp Disc for races, so cant wait to see what the set up feels like 

Morning y'all!!!
I lapsed yesterday   But I did make it to the clinic at work to get my inhaler refilled (I need it for training, so that counts, right? lol)

Today SHOULD be better.  I've got two 9 to 10 hr days straight in a row, so hopefully that means some break time from my desk, to actually get in the pool.  (I'm SO dreading that)  As well, my favorite class (Spin and Yoga) is today at lunch, hope I can make it!!!

Jan, I'm not sure how it all comes together with a full time job and the commitments of life.  But somehow it does, and sometimes it doesn't, but we learn to roll with it and still get 'er done!   Give it a few weeks to get in the groove.

Gah. Things have gotten away from me. Friday night I was at a motorcycle show, Saturday I had to pick up the kids from Grandma's house, Sunday I went skating but no real excuses, Monday my wife needed my help to prepare for an interview today. 4 days!

Jan,

Sometimes it take sacrifices you really dont want to give up. For me I sometimes give up more sleep than I should. Waking up at 4:30 to be at the pool by 5. Then spending an hour to hour and half in pool then hour of weights followed by a short run then off to work by 8:30am. Fortunately my wife lets me get in some of my workouts after dinner so I can get some extra sleep in the mornings. We don't go out a lot, which is fine by both of us as we save money and have no desire to go to bars and drink ourselves stupid. She has two horses and competes in shows so it can be nice to do both of our training on the weekends at the same time so that we can spend the rest of the time together. There will always be rough patches but eventually you will get in a groove again.

I went through a string of weeks after my last sprint triathlon in mid-October in which things kept getting in the way: 3-1/2 day deer hunting trip, business trip with multiple flights to Montreal during Hurricane Sandy flight delays, son's wedding, Thanksgiving holidays including visiting in-laws, funeral of mother-in-law, Christmas travel, a little more hunting now and then...  I've just started the 20-week plan last week for my Olympic and have been able to get off to a pretty decent start without too many roadblocks.  I just have to keep focused and hope the schedule doesn't get too messed up knowing that there are always family obligations.

Howard,

don't worry to much about trying to breathe every 3rd or 4th stroke you need to do what is comfortable. Even the best swimmers (Michael Phelps) breathe every stroke or every two depending on what stroke they are doing. I breathe every other, but to work on my bilateral breathing I actually alternate which side I am breathing to each lap. For example the first 25 yrds I will breathe to my right side every time my right arm comes arms and the 2nd 25 yrds I will breathe to my left side. I do do specific breathing drills in some of my workouts and those are the time I will work on breathing every 3,5 or 7 strokes. Below is a copy of a typical swimming workout for me. They change every day and I usually dont do the same one twice in a year. I have a binder full of workouts I have made up from coaching or just come up with on my own...

Warm Up: 400 swim, 300 pull, 200 kick, 100 drill
5x100 swim @ 1:25 (descend 1-5)
4x200 swim @ 3:00 (No Walls)
3x300 pull @ 4:00 (3/5/7 breathing pattern by 50)
2x400 IM @ 6:30 (or 50 non-free/50 free)
9x50 swim @ :55 (5, 4, 3 breaths per 50, repeat)
200 cool down
*4700 Total*

Hey David,    Hunting is the best excuse ever for missing a training session!!! Well okay maybe not the best but a real good one! LOL!

Howard

Turns out I forgot I did a run on Sunday so not toooooo bad. I really need to get into that "training" routine again. I got my bike trainer back, I sent it in because the bearings have become really loud. Unfortunately it wasnt covered under warranty so it still has bad bearings which make it unusable past 8pm (sleeping kids) I am going to try and pull the bearings myself but am also on the look out for a cheap used replacement.

Running has always been a real issue for me so I am finding that the tread mill and lack of trainer has "made" me run more.  I think I might do a oly run based program once I am done my pre training - training.