Hashers And Mashers - Part 3 - Open (Page 8)

I've been learning to tumbleturn in the pool this week. The main problem I have though, is dizziness and then nausea- I end up so seasick! I'm hoping this will settle with practice, but has anyone else had to deal with it? Any tips or tricks? I'm just going slowly at the moment, without the twist after you push off, and that seems to be helping a bit.

I hope everyone's been having a great weekend!

swam friday and it felt pretty good - only hurt when i pushed off the wall, and even that was like nothing.  like a really smart person though, i spent saturday at a cookout at a friend's house drinking beers, and when we went to a street fair later that night i was out in the street doing the cupid shuffle, cha cha slide, and what ever other stupid line dances the dj played.  i woke up sunday morning with a fat swollen tender ankle.  dumb dumb dumb!

Evening All,  I just got home a little while ago and just got everything put away.  The trip included a 2 hour ferry trip across to Vancouver Island.  No killer whales on this trip but we saw porpoise (plural), seals and lots of bald eagles.  The return trip this morning was pretty bland.  No interesting wildlife.

The Oly was tougher than I expected and my time reflects that but I had a lot of fun.  I'll start working on a RR tonight and get it posted as soon as I can.  The weather really caught us off guard and was alternately bitter cold/windy then hot.

Nicole - Glad to see you're back with us.

Marilyn - When I injured my calf running I was still able to swim and bike without any aggravation.  I just was careful to keep my ankle in a neutral position with only minimal flexing while cycling.

Gary - I have to confess that Ogopogo is often on my mind when I swim.  While I'm swimming I have time to dwell on silly things so it's every water monster I've ever seen and a few land ones as well.  My favourite is the "Creature from the Black Lagoon".  Most of our Okanagan swim is in shallow water over nice sandy bottom in non-weedy water until we get closer to the far end where it deepens and you can't see the bottom anymore.

Actually, the most dangerous thing we have to contend with is other swimmers.  I once swam between two swimmers headed in the opposite direction as me.  They weren't 4 feet apart and I was within a foot of the person on my left.  A pretty close call - head-on collisions hurt. 

Carlo-smoothies can be as easy or as complicated as you like, basically just put milk, yoghurt, and banana in a blender and whizz it together. Add honey, your choice of fruit, whatever else you feel like (protein powder/chia seeds/eggs/flaxseed oil/wheatgrass if you're really hardcore...anything!). For a carb-only fuel bar...unless you use pure sugars you're going to get some protein eg. oats are around 17% protein, wheat 12%...). I've been trying to come up with a real food energy supply that sits well on my stomach for running and biking, so far I've confirmed dates and pretzels, also fig rolls. 

Nicole, welcome back, and good luck with the upcoming race! I'm sure you'll have a blast .

George,  great to hear you had fun despite the conditions. Look forward to the race report!

Chris, No idea about the hamstring but sounds like the bike fit might be the way forward.  I'm leaning more and more towards getting it done too

it arrives tomorrow!  i will not be able to test it out running, though, as i tried to run this morning and i still cannot bear down weight on my right foot.  i am 10 days past sprain.  i just want to run again!  never thought i would say that!

Originally posted by nicole14e Hi all!!! I was wondering why I was no longer getting emails when people posted! I would love to rejoin! STORY: I have always been an athlete (including swimming when I was in elementary school and track/XC in HS and college). I made a goal many years ago to start training for triathlons, but kept making excuses why I didn't have enough time to really train. About 6 months ago I stopped making excuses and started training for my first sprint tri, which is in less than 2 weeks! FAMILY STATUS: Single, and the proud mama of the sweetest little cat ever. CURRENT TRAINING: Competing in the Allatoona Triathlon on June 29th (sprint) and probably signing up for the Baltimore Tri in October, which is either a sprint or an oly, so I have to decide what distance I want to do (we will see how this first one goes ). I was feeling really anxious about this upcoming tri b/c I have not been out on my bike really at all, but I did an SBR with my tri club on Saturday and felt really good! It has re-energized me and made me feel even more excited for it! WEIGHTLOSS: I would still like to drop a few pounds, but I'm pretty happy with my weight right now. On top of the tri training I have been leading boot camps with my girl friends 1-2 times per week. It is great for some extra toning/core work, and it helps a lot to have the motivation of my friends. I need to get caught up on all the posts I have missed! On top of everything else, I just started a new job 2 weeks ago, so life has been pretty crazy! I will post more later!

nice to "meet" you nicole.  if you are anything like me you will be signing up for the oly - i did one in my first tri season and it was a blast!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=518558&posts=1#M5014348

If this works then the race report is done.  It may be a little bit verbose.