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"Descending ladder" I'll remember it. My biggest limiter since November has been one kind of pain or another..thigh, hip, ankle.....It was nice to have a run without any real pain. As early as Tuesday's 5 miles I struggled with some pain.

Yes it was a relief to dodge the layoff reaper this time around!

Jeff Great job on the run.  I cant wait until I can run a sub 30min 5K..

Chevette, humm how about the Gremlin?

So a strategy for tomorrows 15k? Last nights little 5k break through suddenly had me imagining more than just a survival shuffle.

This morning I felt a little soreness in my thigh but it has gone away as I've been up and around. I tend to start feeling discomfort around the 5-6 mile point on my runs at home, however my personal route is hilly. My 5 and 7 mile routes have a bit over 300 feet of climbing in short steep segmentsv. Tomorrows route in West McKinney (If Steve remembers the area) is mostly neighborhoods, some rollers and mostly on multi use trails bellow street level, with some steep but very short climbs to grade. Some will be on residential streets. A 1.5 hr finish would be nice, 1:45 or even 2 is more realistic ..opinions on what to expect or shoot for? This will be my long run for the week.

Im thinking run a 12 minute pace the first 3, then 10.5 or 11 the second three then see if I can get a 9.5-10 for the last...

Been absent for a while... lurking and reading but not much training being done for me so I have just been hanging around.  I am off to Puerto Rico tonight for a short vacation... my first time away in like 4 years... so looking forward to it.  May even get in a few open water type swims depending upon the surf... want to try surfing also... Hope all who are training and racing this weekend have an awesome time!!!!  the weather is suppose to even be nice up here in the northeast for a change....  

Alex

Steve,

I went to the pool and tried to concentrate on whatyou wrote.  It felt much different than how I had been swimming.  When I breathe to once side I can see  what I am doing and then I switched.  I felt almost off balance in the sense that I veered to one side.  I guess one side is stronger. It should be my right side (I'm right handed) but when I swim in open water I go to the right as if my left were the stronger side.  Today in the pool it was whatever side I was breathing on so therefore concentrating on the pulling and pushing motion.  This is going to take some time. But I think I understand what you said and I could feel the difference between the 2 positions. 

Of course today the pool was crowded and I had to swim in circles so I was always concious of the person behind me catching up and running me over.  That does not happen very often (the crowded part).  So I'll keep at it, it will force me to swim more which is more gentle on my aging parts.

Ellen

Fun catching up with what everyone has been up to. 

My marathon recovery has been going really well and that makes me so happy! I was imagining that my legs would be trashed and it would effect my tri training but I think I'll be good. We leave for Australia tomorrow and when we get back I'll officially start my 1/2 IM. 

Hope everyone has a happy and safe 2 weeks!

Johanne

Have a GREAT TIME!!!

Thanks Craig! It's going to be wonderful. I was just talking to my husband and he said, let's just go now I mentioned that we  hadn't packed yet and he said we can just buy stuff there! He's really ready for a break from work. 

Have a great vacation and safe travels!

Managed the entire 35 X 50 with paddles today.  Shoulder is no worse for the wear.  I was pretty tired by 1300 yards! 

Today's bike ride was not to be. I decided to can it after almost getting blown over walking outside. I figured it was safer to stay on my feet than try to ride a bike on open roads. So instead I went for a run and it was amazing! On Wednesday, my legs felt super heavy and it was really hard to get any speed. I felt like I was working much harder than regular to keep up a normal pace. Today I felt almost as light as a feather so that's a really good sign.

My watch died at the very beginning of my run, so I couldn't get a cadence count. I think, though, based on number of blocks run in a given interval, my cadence is in the mid-80s or so. I'm not positive, but that's how I guesstimated my intervals today since I didn't have my watch to tell me when to switch from running to walking...I just went with cadence to kinda sorta figure out how long I was supposed to run.

I think the run ended up shorter than had I been using my watch, but I'm assuming that I ran about an equal amount of time and distance, so in the end I'm pretty sure it works out. And I discovered a new way to motivate myself to run a bit longer when I feel like stopping...instead of looking at the watch and watching the seconds go by ever so slowly (which I couldn't do today anyways), I can just count my steps and convince myself to run just 10 more and then 10 more and then 10 more. Those come much faster than seconds and counting keeps my mind occupied.

So a lot of good came out of skipping my bike workout today. And by skipping, I mean substituting.

Kasia

Steve,

I feel like I have massive mood swings these days. And they directly affect how hard I push myself in workouts. Compare the post from yesterday to the one I just posted and you can see what I'm talking about. And to solve that, I need to sleep because sleep is good.

The Sunday swim would most likely be on my own. There is a scheduled Masters workout at 8 am and another one at 9:30 but I'm pretty sure I won't be out of bed that early. It's my only day to truly sleep in and have no obligations so I'm going to take advantage of that.

Overall, the Masters program is good. On Tuesdays I go to a beginner's swim session so there are more slow people (that, and there are very few people crazy enough to be in the pool at 6 am when there's another session in the same pool at 7, so less intimidation). That workout is more distance-oriented or speed-oriented, depending on the mood of the coach.

Thursday mornings, on the other hand, are more technique work with a different coach. Although there are many many fast people in this class (it's the one I mentioned where I had a lane all to myself when the rest of the swimmers were packed 5 to a lane), for some reason it doesn't seem to bother me all that much. I think because I'm slow and need the group's workouts tailored to my speed, the coach pays more attention to me and analyzes my stroke and tells me how to fix it. So I work on that a lot during those days. I haven't been able to make it the last couple of weeks because first I overslept accidentally and this week on purpose, but I do miss going to that one because it helps so much with my stroke and that's the main reason I signed up for the Masters program.

Oh, and I also really like the Thursday group because on my first day the people in the lane next to mine said that this session helped them immensely with their stroke and if I kept coming I would improve quickly. They were very welcoming and sincere, which was nice.

So yeah, overall the Masters program is great but lately I think I've just had a bad attitude about it. I like the two sessions I go to and need to make more of an effort to get to bed early to make it to them. I'm also kind of mad at myself for losing all the speed I had worked to develop and skipping out on too many workouts, which translates to self-loathing and feeling down about my speed, something I can only fix by swimming more. But that requires acknowledging my slowness and being ok with it, which I'm working on.

In short, I just think I need an attitude adjustment and then I'll be able to enjoy going swimming again.

Kasia

Have fun... Surfing is great fun, but I haven't done it in years now.