Fred D and Queen Zipp's SWIM, BIKE RUN consistency thread.... CLOSED (Page 34)

Kristen,

Sounds like a good Masters class!

I was 700 yards into my set today fefore the instructor showed up so I just swam my own workout.  Solid effort 2500 yards.

Great Picture.  Queen Zipp (Her Majesty) and Enders_Shadow.  Pretty in Pink for a "luve fest" race!   -- Too bad the race itself was a suck fest!

That is great!  So glad it was a good experience!  I went to a Masters class for a while a couple of years ago.  It helped but I just can't always fit it in and they were all waaaay ahead of me but very nice about it.  Sometimes the drills would get more focused toward IM and preparing for meets, then I would do more of my own thing.  However, in the summer the class also did some OWS because a group of them were preparing for an event to swim across a river.  I really benefited from the OWS sessions!

How long are you in DC for?  You're a couple hours north of Kristen and I right now.

Do you have access to an elliptical trainer in a gym?  That at least keeps the legs moving and you wouldn't have to push too hard.

Hope you start feeling better soon!

If you had a run base, it will return quicker than you think once you begin training again.  My advice is if you've been off running for a few weeks, you go back to where you were when you quit.  If you feel you're making progress, you can continue to bump it up.  If you didn't have much of a base, it's a little like starting over.  You will notice a lose in run fitness, but since you have been biking and swimming that will have helped you retain some aerobic capacity.  When injured, I find that my biking really does help me maintain my run fitness better than I would have expected.  Just do the best you can. Stressing about it won't make you feel physically or mentally any better.

Unplanned BRICK today with very happy results.  I'm actually starting to see progress in my conditioning over the past 6 weeks, and that's encouraging.  Comfortable 4 miles/no walking followed immediately by 1000 yard Nonstop swim at near personal best pace.  I'm really please.

Chaps -- get feeling better.  No fun being ill.  You too, Fred. Have fun with your kido's at the meet this weekend!

Judi and Kristen, did you see this?  http://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=478628&posts=1&start=1

first post and a glowing report.  suspicious... 

Oh yeah, I saw that.  Made me laugh.  Either the individual has no clue how a race course should be set up or is a flunkie of the RF.  I'm not going to respond to her RR cause I could be banned for asking if she was at the same horrendous race we were at!