TEAM CANADA! (Page 5)

Master swim tonight,  Typical work out is about 2300m and I try to tack on about another 400 to 700m. My goal is 3000m each swim.  No pool time during the last week of Dec. So I will have to go big in the first three weeks.

Masters swim today at lunch time. Hope to get 2000m done.

1500 meters completed. Temperature was -18 c when I got up at 5:20. Had a light dusting of snow over night. 2 other individuals in my lane.

I swim Tuesday and Thursday mornings so this will be it for this week unless I find the pool schedule around Christmas/New Years eve does not accomodate my work outs. Gotta try and research that soon so that I am not caught short at the end of the month.

good job guys. I'll be hitting the pool around noon today also.

This user's post has been ignored.

He's not kidding. I live a couple hours south of Calgary and the radio said it was -19C when I took the dog for a walk at 7am. I doubt that we're the coldest Canucks today either. I'll be in the pool to start my December swimming later this evening.

Oh, I am all about Team Canada...I'm staying!


Renee - 2005-11-30 9:50 AM

Regarding JEUBANK:

I formed a Northeast team because we had enough folks from Alaska, Oregon, the Pacific to create another team. Do you want to keep JEUBANK? Does JEUBANK want to be kept?



Renee, for the team, I would not like to toss anybody.
I leave the final decision to JEUBANK.

Glad your are staying with the winning team. 

Edited by soloryder 2005-12-01 11:16 AM

for the purpose of motivation.. I just got home from the pool.. did you?!?!?!

just got back from my masters class. Managed to do 1900m. Our coach made us kick and pull the whole time. I HATE kicking!!

Hi fellow Canadians,

Early morning at the pool, 3000 down 17,000 to go!


Geoff

Not kidding at all. Here it is 1:17 in the afternoon and it has warmed up to a balmy -15 c.

1700 m over the lunch hour 8.3 k left to go.  Halifax is warm today but I am sure winter is coming.

Wow! Go TEAM!!!

My first swim is tonight (I needed the extra sleep this morning) and will be aiming for 2k.
Planning to Swim Mon, Tues, Fri thoroughout the challnge excepting the chrissie long weekend and possibly just before NY too!

Got in at lunch - I was pumped and knocked 1800m off my 10k commitment. I want to get a head start as my pool shuts down Dec. 19th to 26th and it's a kidfest til New Years. Go Team!

Canucks Rock!

ack! shoulder problems!!! Coach told me to do kick for the workout
I hope they won't be there tomorrow - ~5k friday, 6k saturday

Way too start TEAM!
I have just got back from 500M Not as big or as far as most, but the first time in the pool for 2 1/2 months. Maybe it was so hard cause I am not clean shaven any longer

SFSC, Hope the Shoulder gets better!

Ok, I'm finally on the board too with 1600m early this morning. Go Team!

SFSC, as much as I'd like us to do well in the challenge, your longterm health trumps that. Do what you have to do for your shoulders and get well quick.

I sort of chickened out of my first scheduled swim this morning. Jogged yesterday and felt a little knee pain afterwards so I don't want to over do it. I will make up for it by doing by rescheduling my workout for Saturday Morning. Going for 3000yds to kick start it.

Don't want to let down all my fellow Maple Leafers.

(FYI...My Gym's pool is in yards, that's why I had to leave the metric system for this contest)

Yards, Miles.....Fahrenheit.......what's up with that?

"My water freezes at 32 degrees" 'It boils at 212 degrees" US guy
"My water freezes at 0 and boils at 100....it's so simple" Canadian guy

Sorry for the rant..I've just always found it funny that the Americans never adopted the simpler of the systems.

Back to work now..

The US should have adopted it. In fact, they made an agreement with Germany in the scientific world that Germany would start writing their documents in english if the US would adopt the international system of units. The US liked the idea of reading german papers in english, but didn't like changing units. hmmm

Anyway, the shoulder was fine today. Coach decided not to make us go 5k... wonder why. But anyway, keep up the good training everyone

just a quick update.. there is some trash talking (very beginning stages) going on in the Tri'ing for Weigh Loss forum.. I did my part and put them in their places.. behind us!
Elly

Trash talk! Where?

Got my first swim in on Saturday morning. Had scheduled 3200yds. Completed 4200. This is going to be fun.

Good luck to all. Letès show them what the people from the north are made of.