Big Steve's Group (Year Three) - Closed (Page 7)

Keep it up, you'll get there!  I did my first race only able to breath to the left

I haven't heard or read anyone say that its a must.  There are some pro's that swim at the front of the pack that don't breath on both sides.  I find that looking left AND right helps me go a little straighter.

The only reason I am trying to learn the bi-lateral breathing, is because swimming any kind of distance is completely new to me. I did a little research on the web and found a site called "Swim Smooth", and they recommend learning to breathe from both sides, as Steve said, you swim straighter, and it can help with the sun, swells, etc.  I am practicing in a 25 yd lap pool (not a lot of open water here in Arizona),  I thought I had pretty good endurance, but swimming seems to be a different animal.  Anyone who has any advice, I'll take it.

Piece of advice: Don't wait till your tri to practice open water  swimming! I did it and I swam in zig-zags the whole way. Sighting is also very important!

* I am NOT a good swimmer

Alright...things are going well this week

M: 6m run

T: 1hr strength, 4m run

W: 6m run, 25m bike

T: 3m run

F: 1 hr strength (planned)

S: 25m bike (planned)

S: rest (planned)

Still no swimming but starting next week.

Welcome back from the  abyss ... well ya I took a mental week off.

As it turns out my GF and I are now EXPECTING!  So we've been going through a little bit absorbing the news and making plans for the future.  I've been getting back on the horse, so to speak, this week in doing my workouts.

All in all it has been great and now its time to refocus.  Since now I'm only going to be racing once this year it comes down to the only race being the 70.3.

I feel so behind. Got a cold last week and still feel blah. Will go back to the training plan next week. 

This week:

bike - 1 hr - 13 miles

run - 0.5 hr - 3 miles

I'm back!  Been a rough travel week with another one coming up.  Only managed to get in two bricks but they were quality bricks!  Very happy with today's 35miles. I'm trying hard to keep the cadence up and managed over 80 throughout the hour and a half.  Legs felt totally fine during the 3 mile run afterwards.  I guess 4 days off make a big difference.

For the week:

Chris - congratulations!!  Thats awesome, best of luck!  

I'm off to Orlando till Thursday.  Jamb packed schedule but hoping to get some miles & swimming in outdoors. 

This Weeks totals ...

This week's workout's:

swim: 1,200 yd - 40min.

run: 12mi. - 1hr. 37min.

bike: big fat 0

str:  3hrs.

Congrats Chris!!

I'm starting to feel better.  4 hockey games while on the mend.  Blah!

Of course my 1st day back into my schedule I got called into work early, so that killed my morning workout.  So, back to the grind tomorrow.

Sorry, I've been absent these past few weeks. Been going through some personal challenges. I'll be back soon. I just need to get through this.

Keep up the good work everyone.

What do you guys think of this training plan?

The changes that I have done as compared to my current plan are the following

• 4 swim session because it's my weakness and I really need to work on it
• Removed short bike and short run
• Added 3 day strength routine consisting of a push/legs/pull routine

I will be doing a brick every 3rd or 4th week on Saturday, and on that week I will have 2 medium runs instead of moving my long run to Wednesday.