kaburns1214 Mentor Group 2013 (Year 3!) - CLOSED (Page 48)

In the kinetic chain that drives swimming the movement should initiate from your hips.  It is much like a pitcher getting all their power from the leg drive and hip torque in their delivery.  If you let the core and hips initiate the movement and drive your shoulders/arms through you should save a lot of energy and create more power.

Oh yes.  You can start by "swimming" with one arm fully extended (as far as you can stretch out the arm) and hte other arm at your side.  Kick and "swim" -- pretty much on your side for 25 yards then switch arms.  You then progress to switching arms while swimming to get a feel for swimming on youe side and connecting your hips and shoulders. 

There are a few decent vids on YouTube on it.  I think from "Effortless Swimming" and "The Swim Club".  Could be wrong about that.  I've spent a lot of time on there looking at swim vids so they all run together.

Oh no....I hope he is feeling better soon. We have had some germs shared in our house as well. I wish nicer weather was coming sooner.

Hope you are are doing better Carrie!

Just wanted to share with everyone. (For those that do not know, I was diagnosed with metastatic thyroid cancer in 2010. I had surgery and radiation and was doing great until last October when I found out I had cancer in some lymph nodes of my neck. We decided to watch and wait at that time). I just had another ultrasound last week and the news is good - the lymph node only changed by 0.03cm which is negligible. It is considered stable at this point! Yeah!! I have a meeting with my primary cancer doc next month to go over blood work results and discuss the next step of monitoring. Best news ever!!! Eagleman will happen with no interference from cancer!!

And on another front, my husband surprised me and took me to a bike store. He knew I had been researching a new bike and he took me to try it out! I have Kelly's older triathlon bike and it has served me GREAT over the last year and I have mixed emotions about getting a new bike. But I am really interested in upgrading, so my research continues and I don't think it will be long!

Congratulations!!!! My partner has had breast  cancer twice, chemo, radiation, double mastecomy, reconstruction...she has been clean 5+ years and I know what the yearly blood tests are like. So, do a happy dance and sleep well!!! Very happy for you

Side swimming?! Hate those. Last night I had to do one arm swimming. Not too fun if you don't bilateral breathe too well.

Great news Michele!  I'm very happy to hear your news, thanks for updating us.  Look out Eagleman!!!

Swimming - what's that?

So I did my 2nd ride on the Adamo saddle, and I've got to say YOWZA!!! From what I've read, there's an adjustment period for the tissue/sit bones. And I know the adjustment period is different for everyone, but what's a ballpark average before I can sit down without screaming? 2 weeks, 2 months? Holy smokes that was painful.

So last night I thought I would cowboy up and run outside. I hate ellipticals and dreadmills! I tell you what my new cold gear was awesome! I am not sure how cold it was but the tip of the bottle I was carrying kept freezing between sips if that says anything. It was probably my best z1 run since I started training by HR again with my new HR numbers. Maybe I just have to run in below freezing weather all the time haha!

On another note, I paid for three of my fours races yesterday. I am surprised that Setup charges different prices for the same distance race! Oh well, now I have to reserve the hotels and next paycheck I pay for Augusta!!

2 hours on that saddle - WOW! I was dying, thankfully my workout was only 1 hour. But I have to climb back on tomorrow for another workout.

Which saddle did you say you ended up getting?

The other saddle my friend lent me is the Cobb Plus. I want to try that one but think I should stick with the adamo for a couple weeks before swapping again. If I don't like the Cobb I won't know if it's because of the saddle, or residual pain from the adamo.

Yeah Augusta! You will not be disappointed.

And yes running in freezing weather (whatever that may be for where you live) is way better than hot & humid. I love winter running.

I put it on my tri bike, but I was sitting up the entire ride, never in aero. Not sure if that makes a difference. And I'm borrowing the racing saddle, which is more firm than the road & time trial from what I have read.

Other than the sit bones it felt great. First ride was wonderful, last night not so much. But it's definitely only painful in the sit bone area. I'll just have to tough it out.