Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 36)

That sounds entirely too adult for me right now... But when a manatee speaks, I shall listen....

I have to attend a Japanese Tea Ceremony (we have a Japanese Tea Garden on campus, how cool is that?) in an hour for my Japanese culture class....I'm looking forward to it ( Cultural stuff always interests me, regardless of country origin)--also, I think it will be a nice chance of relaxation.

Sure. I'm sure there are some good videos on it ... lemme look around ... the different kinds of sculls are pretty common drills and recommended for getting you to really feel and perform the "catch" of the water well (when after extending your arm, your fingertips drop to point to the bottom of the water and you begin to pull back with your arm.)

Heh. I am all talk and no walk. One of the least balanced people you'll ever come across.

Then again ... I'm not where I want to be, but I sure am far from where I was.

Tea-ceremony is so lovely. Been reading Japanese fiction lately ... you will enjoy it muchly, I'm sure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNHOkHMtQi8

^^^Sheila Taormina ... history's greatest athlete ... the one I posted a pic of.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxPgQ3LElMg

Thanks for the links. Seems do-able.  So what is the purpose of front, mid, hip, otter etc? (besides keeping newbs feeling completely incompetent)

Thanks, Yanti. I attempted a sculling drill this morning. I should have watched a video first.

Yup. As in Yup to all of it. Think of it the way you'd race a 5K run ... it's about equivalent. Bonus if you barf.

And I, too, liked your fort of text.

All of it is primarily to build the feel of the water at different phases of the stroke, and to imprint/develop the muscle memory to execute it well during regular stroking.

As far as being a newbie, I'd definitely just focus on the basic scull (front scull, the ones in the video, the ones that work on catch and initial pull).

You've survived marriage and children so far. Surely you can suffer for what's just a few minutes, really?

So, don't eat your favorite thing b/f the race.  If you barf something, it can't be your favorite anymore. 

and GOOD LUCK

Unless it's Pop Tarts.

Pop Tarts last forever, including as a favorite food. They are remarkably persistent and resilient.

The last time I barfed was during track practice in highschool where our coach/sadist imposed the "4min mile" workout on us. (I was a sprinter).  I puked hard after practice, along with several of my team mates.  It was miserable.  I shudder to think about an effort like that again.

If you're wondering what the 4min/mile workout is (good speed work), it's like golf where 4min is par.

800m warm-up

Time yourself at an all out pace for 400m.  That's your starting time.

Then do intervals of 100m, 200m or whatever.  Your total distance should be 1600m and total time should be 4 minutes or less.  You jog one lap (400m) between intervals (this is your rest, which you don't count as part of your time or distance).

So say you do your first 400m at 60seconds.  Congratulations, you're at "par" That means if you elect to do 4x400 then each 400 has to be 60 seconds or less to stay at par. 

I hate that work out.

I may do a pop-tart as my pre-race, energy boost, secret weapon!  Should I go with strawberry since it's red?

Finished my class early enough that I was able to get my open water swim in, apparently it was field trip day at the county park at the beach I went to so I got some odd looks emerging from the changing rooms in full wetsuit.  The weather sucks today (so 1100 was close to what I'm expecting/hoping for on saturday) but I rather enjoyed swimming with the wetsuit once I got used to it/figured out that if I let some water in through the neck I could breathe a bit easier.  Although I need to work on my bilateral breathing, Had planned a 20 min swim ten min down the beach then back.  When I could see the land my sighting was awesome and my speed was decent- not so much otherwise.  My pace put me squarely in the 30-40 min range for a 1.2 mile swim.  Hopefully I'll be on the smaller end of that as I will be able to sight off of my left side the whole time, that's my preferred side for breathing while swimming. 

Good luck on the TT today Keye, try to leave a little bit of yourself on the course!

Prepping the race checklist tonight, fixing up the bike etc.  Has anyone had a problem swimming in the desoto 400 mile shorts?  Those are my planned shorts for the HIM but it is a fairly bulky pad.  Any things I should look to make sure I have for race time?  Besides the regular expo there is also a tent sale at the local tri-store down the street so I might be able to pick up some last minute things.

Allen I'm looking forward to racing with you just in different venues on saturday Good Luck and have FUN!!

ETA: My awesome spelling got me again!

Well, duh! Everyone knows RED is faster!

Glad the OWS and wetsuit worked out well. 30-40min is pretty smokin' fast for a HIM swim, that'll put you squarely in the top 1/3.

Haven't tried the De Soto 400s (though I've heard so much about them and love De Soto gear, dying to try them), but I race in Oomph! and they have a similarly bulky, specifically-long-distance pad. However, it's really light and dries out just as fast as fleece (until I pee on it, anyway). In any case, it's not going to be any wetter or soggier than thinner shorts padding.

I really don't know if I should link this, but oddly enough you'd be the fourth person this week I've mentioned it to ... it's my first HIM panic and packing list post. Don't let it scare you (about your HIM or me, though if you've stuck this far for the 2nd round no less you're probably unscarable), but it'll give you a good idea if there's anything else at all you need or want.

http://ww.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=108213&mid=3470432

Perfect for OWS practice.  Lots of people swimming around and lots of pee in the water.  Just like the real deal

Oh nononono, it is waaay too cold for Southerners to get in the water, especially in the rain, they were shell searching (or I secretly believe that the teachers were just letting them run so they'd calm down).  It's odd even with mid-80's temps and sunny people just don't get in the water around here until May,  it was cool but not uncomfortable and some surfers were out but not the childrens   the looks I got were from the teachers/chaperones like I had lost my fool mind getting into the water...

No worries about catching up; no one need ever. Manatees take sabbaticals; did you know that? Just like professors Congrats again and welcome back. (DH is back by now too, no doubt? Family okay?)

Run walk fiesta will get you through almost anything, and heck if it's a good day you've got a whole 21K to decide at which point to run more or faster

DUDE that shift return thing IS AWESOME that has been bugging the S$%^ outta me for forever thanks Yanti, oh and the checklist helps too haha