Pesky Pengiuns (Page 3)

KLilevjen - 2007-12-05 8:11 AM I wish I were wedge-shaped... Penguins also swim in cold, cold water with no worries. Right? And as we all know now from recent documentaries, they are super-dedicated. Go Pesky Penguins!

so I guess this team is now a potential winner... silently ready to sneak up on the other teams...

kaqphin - 2007-12-04 5:36 PM

KLilevjen - 2007-12-05 8:11 AM I wish I were wedge-shaped... Penguins also swim in cold, cold water with no worries. Right? And as we all know now from recent documentaries, they are super-dedicated. Go Pesky Penguins!

so I guess this team is now a potential winner... silently ready to sneak up on the other teams...

"Such streamlined design allows penguins to swim fast. While most cruise at about 5 miles per hour, some, such as Gentoo penguins, have been recorded blazing along at 15 miles per hour. Such bursts, often achieved by "porpoising," or repeatedly leaping out of the water, probably help penguins snag quick-moving prey and escape predators like leopard seals and killer whales. Sleek bodies also help penguins travel long distances. While most species appear to cover fewer than 60 miles in a single trip, some roam vast feeding territories. King and Emperor penguins, for instance, have been known to cover almost 1,000 miles on foraging trips that last up to a month, swimming more than 40 miles per day. Adelie penguins are believed to swim up to 3,000 miles to return to their spring nesting grounds, having spent the rest of the year roaming the drifting pack ice around Antarctica." From PBS "Nature: The World of Penguins"

We've got this thing locked.

Heya folks. You guys are already doing a great job!

I have another swim scheduled for tomorrow (good thing I wasn't scheduled for today because a water main burst near the pool and it was closed). Another 1650 yards and trying to doing all the good TI stuff (haven't read far enough to get to actual drills yet so just working on the principles). I think I'm scheduled for either 350 or 400 yard intervals. Can't remember and will have to look at my schedule before I head to the pool. Also get to try out my new Aquasphere Kaiman goggles (my Ironman goggles were cutting the bridge of my nose).

Today was a walk/jog day (I moved up to 10 minutes in 2 five minute spurts) with my core/upper body strength workout afterward. I figure the core work is swimming related since I'm learning from TI that swimming is motored by the core and not the arms.

Like you guys in snowier locales, I'm also contemplating having to move to the treadmill down the road (today was 39 F with a ton of wind and going around the lake with the wind whipping off the water was freezing), but since my gym only has like 5 treadmills (it's mostly meant to be a pool), I'll have to save the treadmill days for the worst of winter. I figure if I can motivate myself to get outside in the cold, that just helps prove to me that I'm committed (or maybe that I should be committed to a psych ward...who knows).

Luckily tomorrow is just a swim day since they are predicting snow. Swimming on a snowy day is so penguinesque!

Keep paddlin' penguins!

I feel so lucky that where I live it's warm enough year round to run outside, rarely gets below freezing, 0C (dunno what that is in Fahrenheit), and hardly ever snows! Just about to head out for a run now.

Go penguins!!

Hiya Pengiuns!

I have just been speaking to Donto and he will get an 'official' spreadsheet to you for collecting team data probably in the next 24 hours.

I will start a Team Leaders thread as well for the check in at the end of the week... the reporting week starts Sunday and it would be great if we can have all the info in by Monday Pm please!

If you forget i will be posting reminders!

Happy Swimming

Donto and Cat

Congrats that is a huge improvement... so much of swimming is technique and feel for the water, not just fitness. Your body has to get used to breathing on a rhythm, not just as it see's fit, and your body has to get used to moving itself through something denser than air.

Not to mention that the stroke movements for swimming do NOT come naturally to most people so its practice practice practice! But thankfully once you get a feel for it you will see the improvements come!!!

Congrats to the new swimmers. My hat is off to you guys. I can't imagine even thinking about doing a tri if I weren't already really a comfortable (albeit very rusty) swimmer.

Got a good swim in today. Did my normal 1650 total yards in intervals of 300 or 350 yards. It was alot of fun since after it got dark I could see the snow falling outside the big glass windows at the pool. I also timed each 50 yard lap for the first time. I seem to average around 1:20 per lap. I really want to get that down closer to 1 minute by the Spring.

I also did a few other laps (although I didn't count so didn't put them in my log) because when I started back swimming I couldn't swim without a nose plug so I need to work on that. As I was waiting (turns out in vain) for the hot tub to reopen after being cleaned, I worked on swimming a few laps without the nose plug and by the end I felt a lot more comfortable. I'm going to do my final interval (400 yards) on Sunday without it and see how that goes.

That's all from barely snowy Maryland (all you guys from snowier locales would be amazed at how poorly people drive with just a teeny bit of snow on the ground). Hope everyone's workout today was great (or your rest day was nice and restful)!

Hi team!!  I did 2000 yds last night - 1/3 of the way to my goal!!  Considering upping my goal, but not sure if I'll be getting to the pool at all the last week of December.  We'll see....

I'm still a little congested today after swimming last night.  Need a run to clear my head but today's my off day and I'm determined to follow the training schedule this month.  If I start improvising I end up not training at all.

I'm Grumpy, because the pool was closed when I got there yesterday!  I've ditched my planned run for a make-up swim today.