Team Swimming Rocks (Page 6)

gracetheterp - 2008-02-04 9:51 AM

sesh - 2008-02-04 10:37 AM

wurkit_gurl - 2008-02-04 9:33 AM Holy cow, I'm tired today. Long weekend followed by late night last night because I stayed up and watched House after the Superbowl. Would it be bad if I took at nap after work and then went to the pool at like 8 or 9? Our gym is open until 11 - the lifeguards would LOVE me...

Speaking of lifeguards, the one at my pool today was sitting in the stand wearing windsuit pants and tennis shoes.

Bill don't mock the lifeguards!! Glad everyone is off to a good start!! I did 3600 (two miles) this morning too. Go team!

I'm impressed you turned down a role on Baywatch so you could focus on your training, Grace.  Very dedicated. 

A warm welcome to you all new BT'ers, you will love this training site. As Ron keeps increasing those new function, it is worth all the fees we pay for the higher membership.

Welcome to this sport, and time to get swimming. Also love this group, as you are a heck lot more chatier then my group last month. we did well and finished the goals, but you have almost as many pages of chat then we had for the whole month.

Good luck, and get in the pool/lake/ocean's. It may be 42'F in our lake, but I still love those open water swims. They rock.

PS. Was able to get my Apnea back to 6min 18sec's last Saturday. I felt good under water. Another year, and should be able to qualify for Worlds Freediving Championship. Go Team USA.

That is cold! Though I have committed myself to swimming in possibly-50something degree water in April...

Wow - alot has happened here in a short time. Here is a little about me -

Name is John - I found BT a little over 2 yrs ago- I only read for about the first year - then started running a little. I have continued to add a little more as time has gone by - I have run 1/2 dozen or so 5k's - and did my first sprint - an Xterra - last year. It was a blast! Every time I attend an event I seem to get that much more hooked/addicted & I like it! I still have a hard time being consistent...a very hard time! So finding these challenges has been a blessing - nothing like some friendly "pushing" to keep me in line!

I have registered for my first OLY coming up April 12th and while I am sure I can slog thru the ride & run...the swim is my weakest event. So this challenge was perfect for me...gives me the added people to stand over my shoulder & see that I get to the pool as needed - BT'ers have been great about this in the past and I am sure this challenge won't be any different.

But I don't want to just slog thru any event - not that I am looking to win anything - but I don't wanna have to crawl across the finish line either......not that I am above that....but I just wanna be trained to comfortably do the distance.

You are definitely among friends on both of those.

Great job everyone!

As a side note... let's see... we got Grace (the TERP)... we got Traci, (Ms. Volleyball  UMD)... and then there's me.  We will try to refrain from breaking out into the Maryland fight song .  Of course, because I am clearly much older than you two, when I went to Maryland the Vous was still open.  *Sigh*... it's only a legend now...

Just wanted to say hey and that I will indeed make sure I swim my 11,000 this month. With a short month, and a pool at my gym that closed yesterday, requiring me now to travel 20 minutes to swim, it will be a challenge. But I'm doin' it, baby! Let's just say for the record that though I can put a swim, it's the endurance that I need to build. Yesterday was cause for rejoice-- my first continuous 500 without stopping- only cause my trainer SHAMED me into it!! But I am so glad I did it.

 So, I'm not much of a swimmer, but here I go anyway....pushing my limits and my comfort zone in '08.

Team Swimming Rocks prepares to enter the pool:

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Betsy858 - 2008-02-04 10:20 PM

aquinn - 2008-02-04 6:25 PM Thanks! I literally panicked when we were swimming and she said "okay, now do a 500" (how do I think I'm going to do a tri? I don't know...I guess I feel like since it's months away...I've got time) But there is no time like NOW and NOW I'm going to do me a 500 every time I get in the pool. 500 and buildng.

Sounds like the right attitude to me! Keep it up aquinn! Ok team, I have a question for you all. I posted this in the gear review forum but I think you all may be the right crowd for this question. I have decided to buy a wetsuit because my HIM swim relay is approaching quickly. In fact, I've been considering this purchase for so long that I know that I've found a nearly perfect wetsuit for me - in terms of price, fit, value, etc. Unfortunately, it is black with orange trim and I'm not a fan of orange - at all. The color orange just...I don't know...it just bugs me. So, my question is - has anyone ever tried using a sharpie or some sort of dye to change the color on parts of their tri wetsuits??? I'm just curious to know if this will work, otherwise, I guess I'll have to get used to orange - yuck!

OMG... I *heart* you.  I haven't tried (and I wouldn't), but the fact that you thought of it... priceless!!!  I wonder how that orange could be turned into pink...