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I am typically not a conspiracy type guy, but something sounds "fishy" here......   9 miles is a feat of extreme endurance with no wetsuit... in the winter.   Either the guy has a swimming background, got extremely lucky, had huge currents in his favor, or.....

It is a bit strange for sure.  And if it was 9 miles as the crow flies, it was certainly more in actual distance swam.  Everyone knows non swimmers can't sight properly.

Man, I didn't read the thread over at ST....you should have just taken credit for that comment as if it was yours.  I laughed

I don't think the conditions helped - it took him a long time.  The Coast Guard said 10-12 hours, and they were also the ones who confirmed the distance.  He swam most of it at night but if he hit shore around 4am, he would've had the sunset to guide him when he first started.  Still... yikes.

Ha!  Someone at work said the same thing this morning and I almost snorted coffee! (loved your sarc comment, btw)

Impressive, indeed.  I've been in those waters, and that is a no-joke, strong survival drive deal.

So I did something crazy (for me) this morning at the pool.  Whilst swimming away my "I-can't-run-yet" blues, I decided to do a lap each of breast, back and fly toward the end of the workout.

HOLY CARP THAT WAS HARD!

Kind of psyched, as I recall a couple years back that breast and back were easy compared to freestyle (fly always sux), and when I did a cool down 100 of freestyle, it felt like I was gliding along...

I can see now (having done it even once) how that will help the balance of my swimming - from arm position to feel for the water to core to strength.  I'm **almost** even excited - well, maybe just very intrigued - by the prospect of trying to learn those strokes the way I've had to learn freestyle the last couple years (from an OW survival skill set to actually learning to swim - even if imperfectly - more like a swimmer).

That is all...

Matt

Thanks Marc - I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Is that 400 IM straight through or broken up? Probably wipe out a lot of people before they get to the main set. I did like getting some of the other strokes into the warm-up as well. Never fully set in a pattern, doing what I felt was needed to be ready for the day. Backstroke kind of reversed free and could help open up shoulders. Breast stroke helped to find the catch more. I've used a little on very easy & short recovery lengths too mid-workout for that purpose. Fly was kind of a risk even though it was my best non-free stroke. I could lose some of the arm motion up front. I'd do just a little bit of it most swims just to help keep the feel. The dolphin kicking was helpful, so I made sure to get that in on its own.

My warm-up very often starts with 100 ez free and then 2 x 100 IM and for the fly I do (at least for the first one) 3 right arms, 3 left arms, then finish the 25 both arms.  I think it's a great way to get things going.

Are you doing that to Angels?

In the vid it would be going harder as that's what it is, but would it be better to go harder or do some more?

Ha! You pick up swimming well, but that was pushing it some. 

Also forgot to say that, like Arend, fly can be 1-arm in warm-up or if I'm not really feeling the motion that well.

Haha! Asking because you thought there may have been another 10 watts in there. Following a video tends to limit that decision as I've found it awkward to loop back or anything other than just go straight through it. Always trying to pick up some more on making that decision. This one in particular can be a little deceptive with that 10' of over/unders near FTP. Not exhaustive, but not exactly easy either. Could be thinking a bit much as it's still going to be a good amount of work at a good intensity to work at.

Your trainer view is much nicer than mine Marc!  I generally see blackness (since it's 5:30am).

Something like this is what you should see in interval workouts regardless of the actual setting so he obviously could have gone harder. 

Nice going Marc!

I ran in the NB 1220 thru 1225 series for many many years and loved them but they got phased out.  I've been running in the 1260 series the past couple of years and like them as well.  They are now on version 1260 V4.  Not sure on the weight but they aren't heavy.

Spent Saturday at the new Velodrome watching some races - Omnium scratch, Sprints, and the individual pursuit as part of the Omnium (those looked the most painful).  First time at a Velodrome and it was a cool experience to watch these guys/gals - they had Juniors running as well.  Big thing that stood out was in the infield where all the teams were setup there was not a single trainer to been seen - everyone was on rollers, and you'd see the juniors riding these things no hands, and then they'd be hammering a 30sec interval at what looked like over 120 rpms.