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Similar to the one in your logs from the VT ; )

Those are all great swim videos.  Next week I'll be hitting the pool with the hubby and a video camera. 

All last year my ow swim times SUCKED!!!!!   It was very frustrating since I couldn't pinpoint what I was doing wrong.  I think I just fell into too lazy of a groove in open water and didn't push myself hard enough.  That is something I am hoping to improve this year.  If I'm not out of the water in 1:15 at Canada I'll kill myself!!!  (Actually, I don't care about the time. I just want to beat Trevor )

Oh, Tracy, you are too funny.  No killing oneself no matter what happens, can all of us IM'ers make a pact to that? 

My ows times sucked, sucked, sucked last year...everything slower than the year before!  Frustrating for sure.  However, my bike and run splits all improved.  I'm going to keep telling myself that it was partly because I was in better swim shape to bike and run better afterwards! 

Delusional? maybe, but it keeps me coming back for more.  I love kick sets...200 yds freestyle kick, no rest, this morning at masters kicked my a..!  Literally!  Have a great weekend, everyone. 

Speaking of swimming here is my problem.   For the past 2 weeks the pool has been very busy in the evenings and I've had to share lanes.  The problem is, the people I'm sharing with want to swim circle.  That has really messed up my workouts.  It is very hard to do timed drills and rest breaks when someone else is swimming up on you or too close in front.  I'm curious what other people do in these situations?

Yeah I think it's tough to do drills when circle swimming.   Rest breaks are fine though, I just move to the side.

Though I have really slacked off from swimming, I think I swim ok enough, more time for me to be made up running after biking so focusing on both of those and swimming enough to maintain.

It doesn't have to impact you negatively, IMO. I end up having to circle quite frequently.  My big peeve with it is when someone who is really, truly, obviously slower than I am (read: 70-year-old granny doing breaststroke) pushes off in front of me right as I come into the wall. Grrrr. But really, you should just do your own thing and not worry too much about others (just don't push off right in front of them if they are a lot faster than you, ha ha!). If you're fast enough to pass, then pass -- just gently tap their feet once before you go around. True swimming etiquette says to tap someone's feet once and then they should pull over at the wall and let you pass. But lots of people don't know etiquette. I've also had situations where I'm passing someone and another person is coming barrelling down the middle of the lane -- I dive under them just like waves in the ocean. It's kind-of like an obstacle course, ha ha!!

Oh, and I think I'm a lazy OWSwimmer, too. If I am doing a timed set and trying to go fast, I totally check my times at the 100, 200, etc. But in the OW that's harder to do, so I have no point of reference. The buoys I swim among are about 500 yards I think, so some days I try to push it and make myself work or descend, but I'm not very good at it.

And Kim --  I think there is a ton to be said for the swim not taking as much out of you and giving you more umph for the bike and the run. That's where I tell myself I get the benefit -- I might not gain much in time during a swim because it's so short compared to the rest of the race, but I never exit the water totally taxed...

Love the swim talk!! Keep at it, peeps!!! Have a great weekend, everyone! I'm a single mom again until Tuesday. Ugh. Don't mind it at all during the week but I hate being a single parent on weekends.

OK more swim talk.

After yesterday's 2525 yds of dwimming I had 2200 on tap today. The set was WU: 4 x 100, 4 x 50 catch up drills, 4 x 50 kick, MS: 6 x 100 with 2 sets of 3 decending, 12 x50 (with 25 hard and 25 easy), THEN 100 for time and 100 CD.

 Needless to say after 4525 yds in the past 30 hours that 100 for time was NOT a record. It was somewhere btwn 1:30 and 1:35. It HURT! I could not get my googles off quick and focus so i am not sure of the exact time.

All my swims for january are done. 1 run, about 65 miles of biking and one strength session to go. I might try to get an hour of yoga in too.

All my ows are much slower than my pool swims.  I have never touched my pool splits in any race.   I think it's basically that when I'm in the pool training I give it everything I've got - love to push myself.  In the ows in races I am thinking about the bike and run coming up and I think I hold back. 

One of these days I'm going to let it all loose and see what happens   

I don't have a lot of input on swim techniques or anything.  I'm not the best at it!  But I will hopefully get around to watching those videos you guys posted so that I can improve. 

I swam again tonight though, and I was feeling a ton better about it!  It was sets of 200, and I was pretty comfortable with them.  Am I supposed to kind of rock back and forth while swimming?  I started doing that because I saw another swimmer doing it and kicking more slowly, and I tried that tonight, and I actually liked it.  What do you guys think?


However, I think that most of my good swim tonight was just me being TICKED at my boss so there was PLENTY of adrenaline.  Today was supposed to be my last day of work there.  Think about the worst possible thing that could happen on your last day of work...then multiple it by 1,000,000.  It was that bad.  I'm still shaking mad.

So TTT tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be more calmed down by then!  Or maybe it'll be better if I'm not.  We'll see!

Was shown this link on another forum board in BT and recommend about 40% more than pool

http://www.lanelinestoshorelines.com/multimedia/docs/t_Let_the_Pool_Cheat_You.pdf

WOW!  Now that I have caught up with the last 85 pages... Sorry, I have been gone for so long.  I have been sidelined a bit due to my Physical Therapist putting me on a profile (no exercising for a month).  Plus, I have been extremely busy at work.

A few things good have happened though:
1.  I am down 65lbs since last Apr (291 to 226).  This is the lightest I have been since around 2001.
2.  I am off my profile and actually enjoy running now.  I don't know if it's due to the weightloss, but it just seems easier.
3.  I have been getting in a lot of rides lately.  The weather has been excellent and the sun stays out longer.
4.  I am registered for the USAF Marathon, but I'm only doing the half.

I promise to update my logs this weekend... actually, I plan to START my logs this weekend.

I'm sorry for being a stranger and plan to be more active in the future!

 

Great videos posted! Very motivating. Just to give everyone a sense of how far I have to go with my swimming here is the video from my 1st and only Tri in July. Its the last lap of the swim(did all 800m with the technique in the vid lol) and my transition to the bike. Enjoy the comedy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bx4mO8pJrA

WOW!  Great Job!  and welcome back.

HAHA!   MY BAD!  

Got in a quick 2 miler this morning before my son's hockey practice.  I will probably do a mtn bike ride this afternoon. 

Awesome attitude! Thanks for sharing this. It'll be fun to see your progress this season! 

Great job on your first Tri Grapejuice.  Hope I have a much fun on my first one in March.

We just hooked ourselves on Skype. I know we are behind the times. But very cool. Girls chatted with their cousins they met at Disneyland.

Awesome job Grapejuice!