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gremlin327 - 2008-06-13 7:12 AM Happy Friday all!! So who is still with us on this forum? I only seem to have 4 fairly active participants. We need more chatting.

I have  been lurking because I was feeling bad for myself and the inability to train...my knee is finally feeling better and have found that stretching a lot is a MUST to keep it from flairing up again.  Ironically no sooner do I start to feel better than I have three weeks of really sick kids.  Each of my two boys ended up with a terrible virus that had high fever for over a week.  It kept me at home with them and no way to get out to train.  Thank goodness they are better now and so I am able to get back to my training.  Today was day two back at the gym and the knee is feeling great. I have to work up my distances gradually and hope that I have enough time to do that before the sprint triathlon on July 27.   I have reassessed my goals again...originally when I decided to do a triathlon, the goal was to just finish.  Then as I progressed through the training, my goal was to finish in less than 2.5 hrs, now my goal is back to just finishing.

I went to vote but for some reason when I view the website, it does not give me the option to vote...there is text that says vote for us but no place to click...I will keep trying.

Good luck and hope you win!

Well, I had a busy day today as far as training.  I got up at O'dark thirty again this morning and dragged my butt to the gym.  I decided to give the treadmill a try with walking/running. I was doing great with the walking but the running just hurt my knee too much.  I managed to go for about a mile on the treadmill then got on the bike but was not "feeling" it so I did some stretching and then headed out onto the track to turn some laps while my husband finished his bike "ride".  Brisk walking seems to be fine for my knee but the running just hurts too much so I am accepting that I might just have to walk the run portion of the triathlon.  I will keep at it but won't be pushing too hard since I don't want to end up in PT again.

After getting home from the gym with my husband, I turned around an hour later and headed to the pool with my boys where I swam laps in the outdoor pool which is a totally different experience than swimming inside.  I am glad to have this chance to work outside and adjust to the sun glare.  I think I might need tinted goggles.

I am tired and a bit sore but really glad now to be back to training.

How neat!  And cool that she was so approachable too!

I had another follow-up for my shin yesterday.  He was concerned b/c I still have some tenderness, so he did another xray, and the bone still looks good.  He's giving me the green light to keep training and start weaning off the air cast as I see fit.   So that made me pretty happy!  The downside was that the appointment took so long I had to skip my lunch workout.  Bummer. 

Ok question for anyone that can help:  any suggestion son dry-land training that will help my upper-body strength in swimming?  This is my inherent problem.  Everyone that watches me swim says I have great form.  But I've NEVER been fast.  So it's not like I can get faster by working a ton on form.  Even as a competitive swimmer, I couldn't lift as much as my teammates in the weight room, no matter how much I tried.  Then again I'm not so sure our lifting regiment was really that great for swimming anyways. 

I just don't feel like each pull is really propelling me FORWARD the way it should be.

Weights?  Yoga?  Something else??? 

 Ha!  Everyone's training going ok?  I was able to do 12.5 miles on the bike Sat!  Had a sub-par run on Sunday though. 

Thanks Gary; I have a few therabands that I use for other stuff but sounds like I can develop a program for my upper body too.

 I am planning on and OWS in 2 weeks near the part of Lake Erie that the race will be in.  So here's my dumb question:  what do you DO in an OWS workout???  Like I said this is Lake Erie...do I go out and back some?  Or swim along the shoreline?  How do you know how far you've gone?  My friend is coming along to keep an eye on me, so I won't be by myself.  Just wasn't sure what I should do once I get there!!