Stuck in the Middle - May Challenge (Page 6)

RunningJayhawk - 2008-05-01 12:52 PM

orange223 - 2008-05-01 12:41 PM

Hey Team - I'm Terry from just south of Nashville, TN.

I grew up in Brentwood. And my godfather (who is heavily involved in the tri community) is in Franklin. Love that place!!

I'm down in Franklin.  I race for Biker's Choice up in Hendersonville.

Some folks had mentioned bilateral breathing issues.  What helped me was to expel all of your air thru your nose and keep your teeth together.  This helps you breathe from your diaphram.  When you roll over for another breath, you'll have a vaccum and your lungs will fill easier.  Try to take a "deep" breath (yoga breath, think diaphram) instead of a "shallow" breath. 

Someone also mentioned Total Immersion.  I picked up Terry Laughlin's book last fall, "The Triathlete's Guide to Open Water Swimming" and it did wonders for me.  It teaches "long and slow" (which someone else above mentioned), saving your engery for the bike and run.  Since reading that book, swimming isn't a chore, just getting out of bed to go to the pool is!  The book won't make you fast, but it'll get you thru the swim w/o getting tired.  Keep water over the back of your swim cap, that will lift your hips and keep you balanced, use your kick to keep your legs straight not for propulsion, point your belly button at the wall when you breathe & stack your shoulders.  Again, this won't make you fast, but you won't be tired.

Since reading the book, some other BT'ers have given me pointers to speed up the swim, which I'm trying to do.

Hope I didn't sound like I was preaching.  But after that disaster of a swim at that XTERRA last year, I had to do something. 

Okay, I have an 8:30 PM date with my bed.  Mmmmm... NyQuil.

I'm not sure what it is...............but I always seem to end up on chatty teams - how in the heck does that happen

FWIW - it took like three pages for Barb and I to nominate Bill to be team captain - hehe! 

I blame Beth.

Waidaminute!!!! -

I protest my innocence!  Will no one defend my honor?

ROTFLMAO!!!!!

I think he said he was going to swim for me - no wait, I like to swim, is he going to run for me? no, he likes to run....................

Ahhh, it all comes back to he's going to bike for Barb  

I couldn't agree more!

I'm tough like that

I am not so sure I'm liking the direction this is going

Besides, I told you I threw all my cheer stuff away just last week.  Darn, huh?

THESE.... are spirit fingers. 

Yeah, Bring it On is actually a guilty pleasure movie.

(bring it on.jpg)

Missy's the poo, so take a whiff.

ohhh, I think you like it  

So,  back to the team name question.......................

thoughts? 

lastcall2003 - 2008-05-01 6:28 PM

Girl Passing on Left - 2008-05-01 10:43 AM

sparco - 2008-05-01 7:01 AM

sesh - 2008-04-30 2:17 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-04-30 1:58 PM Hi there! Glad to be "stuck in the middle" with all of you.

Well that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day now. Glad it's a good one!

Clowns to left of me. Jokers to the right. Here I am. Stuck in the middle with you.

Has your wetsuit come in, Barb?

That would make a cool team name:

Stuck in the middle with you...

 

cupcake is that you!? oooooh I likey the new avatar! and thanks for the icecream you sent my way...I am going to have one after my run on the beach this morning! you be de best! but you are on the WRONG team!

Yeah, I saw that you got ice cream - I pouted a little of course I really prefer cheesecake over ice cream any day  

So sorry Bethy...can't get you cheesecake...

I will CERTAINLY defend your honor...besides that...you spend much more time in Philly (represented by the Winning East Team) than you do in the Mid-West...so just remember that you are loved and that you can bolt for the winning team whenever things get too rough here.

LOVE YA BETH

sparco - 2008-05-01 9:05 PM

lastcall2003 - 2008-05-01 6:28 PM

Girl Passing on Left - 2008-05-01 10:43 AM

sparco - 2008-05-01 7:01 AM

sesh - 2008-04-30 2:17 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-04-30 1:58 PM Hi there! Glad to be "stuck in the middle" with all of you.

Well that song is gonna be stuck in my head all day now. Glad it's a good one!

Clowns to left of me. Jokers to the right. Here I am. Stuck in the middle with you.

Has your wetsuit come in, Barb?

That would make a cool team name:

Stuck in the middle with you...

 

cupcake is that you!? oooooh I likey the new avatar! and thanks for the icecream you sent my way...I am going to have one after my run on the beach this morning! you be de best! but you are on the WRONG team!

Yeah, I saw that you got ice cream - I pouted a little of course I really prefer cheesecake over ice cream any day

So sorry Bethy...can't get you cheesecake...

*sigh*

sooooooo, how about ice cream?  or well, what I really like are fritos -lol

Love you too!!!!

Beth goes NOWHERE!  She's all ours!

Besides, we're all stuck in the middle.  Can't get out.

I kind of like Stuck in Middle as the name.  Beth, does this mean you volunteer to get a team list done for us?  In my html challenged bumbling I totally screwed it up.

orange223 - 2008-05-01 8:22 PM

RunningJayhawk - 2008-05-01 12:52 PM

orange223 - 2008-05-01 12:41 PM

Hey Team - I'm Terry from just south of Nashville, TN.

I grew up in Brentwood. And my godfather (who is heavily involved in the tri community) is in Franklin. Love that place!!

I'm down in Franklin.  I race for Biker's Choice up in Hendersonville.

Some folks had mentioned bilateral breathing issues.  What helped me was to expel all of your air thru your nose and keep your teeth together.  This helps you breathe from your diaphram.  When you roll over for another breath, you'll have a vaccum and your lungs will fill easier.  Try to take a "deep" breath (yoga breath, think diaphram) instead of a "shallow" breath. 

Someone also mentioned Total Immersion.  I picked up Terry Laughlin's book last fall, "The Triathlete's Guide to Open Water Swimming" and it did wonders for me.  It teaches "long and slow" (which someone else above mentioned), saving your engery for the bike and run.  Since reading that book, swimming isn't a chore, just getting out of bed to go to the pool is!  The book won't make you fast, but it'll get you thru the swim w/o getting tired.  Keep water over the back of your swim cap, that will lift your hips and keep you balanced, use your kick to keep your legs straight not for propulsion, point your belly button at the wall when you breathe & stack your shoulders.  Again, this won't make you fast, but you won't be tired.

Since reading the book, some other BT'ers have given me pointers to speed up the swim, which I'm trying to do.

Hope I didn't sound like I was preaching.  But after that disaster of a swim at that XTERRA last year, I had to do something. 

Okay, I have an 8:30 PM date with my bed.  Mmmmm... NyQuil.

I'm a big proponent of Total Immersion (self taught).  Really helped me to keep my hips up and get comfortable in the water.  Most of the speed followed once I improved my form and efficiency...

ummm, well...............I can change the name of the thread, but the whole html thing - did you see what happened a couple of months ago?

I attempted the html/table thing - after MUCH consultation with Dee (she was probably ready to kill me ) and the end result was................

no table AND I messed up the whole thread - Marma had to fix it - LOL

Sooooo, I'll go do what I can do and change the name of the thread and - the rest is up to you