Newbz'z summer mentor group is FULL!!!! (Page 42)

nc452010 - 2010-05-14 4:20 PM

Bad news - Good news.

Bad news - My mini-sprint got cancelled for Sunday.  They called and told me they only had NINE people signed up......lol.  Can you believe that?  A "trainer" tri....for $20...and NINE people take (or would have) advantage of it?

I'm gonna get a big 'ol HTFU sticker for my truck.

Good news - I'd made a pretty bad mistake with the timing.  My brother turns 50, tomorrow.  NOW, I can celebrate with him.  Other good news is....my swim coach is meeting me at 7AM, tomorrow.  He called me, today, and said he'd been thinking about me....and is anxious to get together.  Cool.

Good luck to everyone in your training/racing this weekend.

jeff

nc452010 - 2010-05-14 3:20 PM

Bad news - Good news.

Bad news - My mini-sprint got cancelled for Sunday.  They called and told me they only had NINE people signed up......lol.  Can you believe that?  A "trainer" tri....for $20...and NINE people take (or would have) advantage of it?

I'm gonna get a big 'ol HTFU sticker for my truck.

Good news - I'd made a pretty bad mistake with the timing.  My brother turns 50, tomorrow.  NOW, I can celebrate with him.  Other good news is....my swim coach is meeting me at 7AM, tomorrow.  He called me, today, and said he'd been thinking about me....and is anxious to get together.  Cool.

Good luck to everyone in your training/racing this weekend.

jeff

RogerWilco - 2010-05-14 9:37 AM Today, the life guard at the pool recorded my swimming again. I also posted this to Tri Talk, but I'm putting the link here for your comments. The effort is long distance effort.

Here is my swimming

Life guards' comments for improvement:
1) I should pull faster after the vertical forearm phase.
2) It seldom occurs now but I still cross my midline with my stroke. I should correct it.
3) I should work on high elbow recovery.

With 2 and 3 I have no issues. But I'm not sure if I should really pull faster. What would you say? I will try a "regular" 100 and "fast pulling" 100 next time and compare times.

tri808 - 2010-05-14 8:58 PM My masters coach gave me a good visual for not crossing center.  He jumped in the pool and stood right in front of me.  He told me to put my head in the water (while still standing) and make as if I was stroking with my arms.  The idea was that when my hand enters the water...I should not touch him as he is standing in front of me.  When you extend and roll your body, your hand and arm will naturally move closer to center...but not so much that you will cross the center line. 

So now when I actually swim...I pretend that there is an object about the size of a human waist right in front of me...and as my hand enters...I try to avoid hitting it.

Another thing you can do is if you swim in the middle of the lane...look down at the black line.  If that black line extended all the way up to the surface, your hands should not enter the water over the black line...it should always be to the outside of the black line.

tri808 - 2010-05-15 9:58 AM My masters coach gave me a good visual for not crossing center.  He jumped in the pool and stood right in front of me.  He told me to put my head in the water (while still standing) and make as if I was stroking with my arms.  The idea was that when my hand enters the water...I should not touch him as he is standing in front of me.  When you extend and roll your body, your hand and arm will naturally move closer to center...but not so much that you will cross the center line. 

So now when I actually swim...I pretend that there is an object about the size of a human waist right in front of me...and as my hand enters...I try to avoid hitting it.

Another thing you can do is if you swim in the middle of the lane...look down at the black line.  If that black line extended all the way up to the surface, your hands should not enter the water over the black line...it should always be to the outside of the black line.

RogerWilco - 2010-05-14 11:37 PM Today, the life guard at the pool recorded my swimming again. I also posted this to Tri Talk, but I'm putting the link here for your comments. The effort is long distance effort.

Here is my swimming

Life guards' comments for improvement:
1) I should pull faster after the vertical forearm phase.
2) It seldom occurs now but I still cross my midline with my stroke. I should correct it.
3) I should work on high elbow recovery.

With 2 and 3 I have no issues. But I'm not sure if I should really pull faster. What would you say? I will try a "regular" 100 and "fast pulling" 100 next time and compare times.

dcon - 2010-05-14 4:45 PM

Thanks - I'll have to give this a try tomorrow.   I've been told my left hand has a tendency to move to the center especially when I take a breath (right side).    

RogerWilco - 2010-05-14 10:37 AM Today, the life guard at the pool recorded my swimming again. I also posted this to Tri Talk, but I'm putting the link here for your comments. The effort is long distance effort.

Here is my swimming

Life guards' comments for improvement:
1) I should pull faster after the vertical forearm phase.
2) It seldom occurs now but I still cross my midline with my stroke. I should correct it.
3) I should work on high elbow recovery.

With 2 and 3 I have no issues. But I'm not sure if I should really pull faster. What would you say? I will try a "regular" 100 and "fast pulling" 100 next time and compare times.

newbz - 2010-05-14 11:42 PM 2nd day of racing for the stotesbury regatta (largest high school race in the world). All of my top boats have made it into the finals, so another long day tomorrow.

newbz - 2010-05-14 10:42 PM 2nd day of racing for the stotesbury regatta (largest high school race in the world). All of my top boats have made it into the finals, so another long day tomorrow.

Prince of Denmar - 2010-05-14 10:08 PM Hey all. what plans for this weekend?
no races for me sadly. but I might do a some hil work tomorrow morn.
Havent been posting much. job keeps me busy. but still learning alot !

tri808 - 2010-05-15 11:29 AM Had to unwind a little last night.  Went to a friends house and had a couple beers and relaxed.  Played some cards...just to get my mind off tomorrow's race.

It's drizzling today...and forecast is for spots of light rain tomorrow.  Luckily, the race is in an area that rarely rains...so if it's raining on the course...it's got to be raining everywhere.  The good news is that it's the type of rain with zero wind...where the forecase earlier this week was for sunny with winds 15-20...gusts to 25.  So I think it might end up being perfect for racing...a little overcast...cooler...and probably no wind/little rain.  Knock on wood.

I got a couple softball games this morning...but won't play hard at all...then dropping off my bike at checkin and packet pickup/race briefing.  I should be in bed early.

I'll probably take the bike out for a short 20 minute spin soon...just to make sure everything's working before checkin.