Fred D and Queen Zipp's SWIM, BIKE RUN consistency thread.... CLOSED (Page 48)

enders_shadow - 2013-03-21 4:38 PM Hope you're on the upswing, Fred! Short run on tap for tonight, per plan. Tomorrow, long bike + swim. One issue I'm finding is that Masters is giving me too many things to work on and so I need to start prioritizing. Otherwise, I'm getting too confused and doing nothing well. My glide is too short, my recovery hand is not where it's supposed to be, my head is too low, my hips don't snap, and apparently (a non-priority thing) my right hand does funky things when it comes out of the water, causing my coach to laugh. I'm assuming the long glide is the first place to start, along with the recovery hand? Thoughts?

I would suggest you ask your coach what are the two priorities for you to work on.  It's pretty hard to focus on more than two things at a time.  And your coach will be able to see which of those things are holding you back the most.  Once you've started getting those integrated you can start adding other stuff.

The worst thing I found when I started changing loads of things in my technique was that it felt "wrong" for ages.  But it was worth the effort.  Two years later and I'm still seeing significant gains.

Hope you continue to improve.

Still waiting for Spring here, too. I will run in any weather, and really enjoy when it's single digits, and even below zero one time this year, but somehow I'd rather not ride when it gets down into the 30's. I tried something different my last couple of trainer rides. Instead of music or TV I watched webinars. I found the rides more enjoyable, plus I got in a couple of hours of CE. I'll do my best to get out this weekend because I really need more time in the saddle.

I'm off to San Fran for a long weekend, with a quick stop in Oakland for my marathon.  Really looking forward to being back in some warmer weather once again and hope to be able to achieve all goals!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Sounds like an awesome weekend, good luck on the marathon !

I'm down another 2 pounds this week continuing my modified paleo diet not to mention I went without vino this week =)  I'm also planning to do more running as I've been focusing more on my swim and bike base building this year. It seems like running helps me drop the pounds far more then biking and swimming esp when I do my longer runs.

Rest day today. Long ride planned for tomorrow...riding the hills of Mordor for you LOTR fans =).... then long run on Sunday...and will probably squeeze in a family day trip in between..

Has anyone done the Ragnar Relays (http://www.ragnarrelay.com/) ?  My first time participating and had our first team meeting last night...basically teams of 12 runners cover a 200mile course straight..hundreds to teams running from Huntington Beach to San Diego...many teams dressing up in  a theme and decorating their vans as well...each runner does 3 separate legs totally 12 to 22 miles with most teams finishing somewhere between 30-36 hours I believe...kind of like running after an all nighter =)....crazy thing is I heard there are usually 1-2 ultra runners who do the whole distance by themselves...

Have a great weekend !  Will update the weight loss chart later.

Sounds like a fun weekend. You are well prepared so get out there and grab those goals. Good luck and have fun!

Rich, I've never done a Ragnar relay, but they definitely sound like interesting events.

I am down another 2 pounds to 196, and feeling good.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

huh, I actually dropped 1 pound this week.  Didn't see that coming!  Anyway, 189.5 today, down 8.5 so far on the month.  I'm sucking at getting it done this week, eating not so good, and missed another run yesterday.  This weekend isn't looking good either, I've got to drive 8 hours tonight (not leaving till 9pm  , then going to a memorial service (my wife's grandfather, he lived to 104!) and coming right back home on Sunday.  I'll be lucky to sleep, let alone work out.

I love this mentor group, it was exactly what I needed as I was trying to get re-energized about tri's, and working out in general.  Despite the wonky week, I'm actually feeling real confident long term about my ability to get back to where I want to be.