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Hello from the land of the Mouse!!
Busy day getting down here yesterday, dumping the bags and hitting the park.
Girls woke up at 5:30 ready to go. Park opens at 9 today....Girls are already snakey. So I went for a n easy run around the park this morning. So nice to run in shorts again!!

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I agree with Tony.  I just learned the value of adding fins when trying to do some of the drills.  While I cannot wear them for very long (cramp up my calves), I do find them valuable for balance drills like shark fin, 6 kicks, etc......

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Edited by Redknight 2011-01-21 11:49 AM

Ya I got a nice email from my training buddy that basicly told me it is still winter and I shouldn't worry about volume right now. Deal with work and if my work outs are shorter and less frequent don't give up. I don't love 5am bike rides. But I think I am going to learn how to do them. I can't run in the morning my stomach just can't handle it.

I just made a deal with my boss to give me a full hour at lunch to take off and work out. So I am going to cough up $300 for a 3 month membership to a gym about 10 mins from my work so I can get in there for 40 mins a day and work out. Its pricy but its the only gym near me. My wife isn't happy about the cost. But I need to work out as an avenue to relieve stress. It is apparent not working out much this week and work has me stressed and venting here. And no one needs to listen to my crap.

So although I don't push the HTFU attitude I think I will still take this approach for my problem. I have a problem, I also need to be part of the solution instead of giving up in the face of it.

So thanks

That's a great attitude.  A lot of businesses are offering at least partial compensation or gym membership discounts as part of thier work/life balance programs.  Maybe that is available to you. Ask HR.

Funny, Andy, I was trying to picture that...kick on back, go backwards...isn't that where you want to go? 

I do all of my kicking without the board, too, these days, since we have to do IM kick all of the time at Masters and I can't do butterfly kick or breaststroke kick with the board, I am too uncoordinated.  I find it easier on my neck to do freestyle kick without the board.

Gosh, I haven't seen my fins in a long time.  I hope they are not in the bottomless pit with my swim tempo trainer that I wanted to give to Tony but could never find.  I want to break them out and go practice some drills with them, now that you guys have inspired me!

Hope everyone has a great weekend. 

do some 50's, 100's and/or 300's hard on short rest.

and bilateral breathing is way overrated.  edit for clarification ... its a great tool for knowing whats going on around you,  but learn how to site properly and you'll be just as good.


Edited by fattyfatfat 2011-01-21 2:23 PM

I think there is a benefit to bilateral breathing. Every frickin' coach that sees me swim suggests it to even out my stroke....my right pull is like superman's and my left is like Minnie Mouse.  I try to do some of it at the beginning or end of every swim.

Good for you!  I didn't mean to sound HTFU-ish, but just motivating and encouraging.  It is a tough transition, but my husband forced me to wake up at 5am so many times and I wanted to kill him.  Now, I can't thank him enough.  You'll do GREAT!  I know it!  And it will make your days better, even if they are just a little longer.  Trust me!

For anyone wondering why Suzy and I are twins.  Other than our birthdays being the same day, that describes me, too!
Master's coach tells me however that when I do 50's and 100's and even 200's hard on short rest, the issue goes away somewhat, so John's got something there.  

He tells me that when I go easier or get tired eg...on my 400's, I go into "catch up" swimming mode (TI style) and my pull on the left goes to he## in a handbasket.  I'm still trying to figure that out.  He wants me to come 3-4x a week to get stronger and build more endurance, but I'm still trying to figure out how to fit that into my already hectic schedule.

well,  lets see what the new one says! 

I have always done it... learned it that way as a kid (and have encouraged my kids to do it too). I definitely "favor" one side -- naturally I will breathe to the left (and if you lay me down on my stomach, the left is the side my head naturally turns). But if I were only to breathe only left, then I do end up getting a more lop-sided stroke, and it becomes more lurching/lunge-like, if that makes sense. Is that bad? Not necessarily -- if you watch the Olympic swimmers you'll notice many of the sprint/mid-distance (400M) swimmers breathe to one side primarily and do have a stroke that is more lunge-like. The distance swimmers (1500M) tend to breathe bilaterally more. Why? Dunno. Maybe they are putting in so much more freestyle yardage that it is more comfortable. Oftentimes mid-distance swimmers have a stroke or IM specialty so they aren't putting in as much freestyle during workouts, or they are getting that "stroke balance" (i.e. not being lopsided) with other strokes.

Does it matter for triathlon? Likely not, unless you are noticing some pain or repetitive stress injuries due to favoring one side, or you swim super crooked due to your stroke being lopsided. It doesn't matter what the peeps around you are doing in OWS, so bi-lateral breathing to check out your competition is not relevant (as you would do in a pool, perhaps) , what matters is that you are taking the straightest line forward that you can.

Linda (Havin'Fun), would you agree??

I tend to agree...good siting is much more valuable than bi-lateral breathing for OWS in tri's.  Unfortunatly, unless you do a lot of your swimming outdoors, it is harder to practice.  I am a left side breather.  There is one race that I do that is an out and back swim clockwise.  This is the only time left side only breathing is a problem for me.  If I could breathe on the right, I wouldn't even have to site, I could just follow the buoy line all the way out and back.

I am a terrible kicker also.  I SUCK at it.  I can actually kick better on my back or side, but with the kick boar, I may as well be backing up.  I just can't figure it out.

you don't think keeping an eye out for feet to draft off matters?  not that breathing left and right is required for this.


Edited by fattyfatfat 2011-01-21 6:49 PM

I said AROUND, not IN FRONT OF.

Sheesh.

Edited by fattyfatfat 2011-01-21 8:55 PM