SWBKRUN -CLOSED DUE TO TRAINING (Page 85)

ha!  calgary is pretty high rent from what you told us (at least for parking spaces...) 

Linda, sounds like an amazing dinner for an amazing couple!  Happy Birthday, Jeff!!!!!  And Happy Birthday to fast son, Zach!

I am soooo low rent

I was out running and sensed someone here was talking about BACON!?   I haven't had real bacon in sooo long, but I can still taste it just typing those five letters....  ahhhh.

Linda - What an amazing day! Champagne at every stop, sweet!  Happy B-day to Jeff and Zach!

I love bacon.

I had another swim lesson yesterday and there are some things that I am definitely doing better like not crossing the mid-line, not flicking my hand at the end of the pull (don't ask!), keeping high elbows...but what was enlightening was how much I think I do not kick vs. how much I really still kick. 

My teacher is great...she uses pretty cool examples to get her point across.  So she asks me to swim a fast 50 as fast as I can remembering all of the things we've talked about.  Like high elbows, check.  No crossing mid-line.  Rotate body well on both sides, really extend the torso prior to the pull...don't kick hard.  46 seconds!!!

Well apparently, one can go fast when kicking like a crazy banshee.  I really thought I only kicked to keep my body afloat.  Wrong!  No wonder, I can barely break 2:00 on a 100.  So, she gave me her bracelet to put between my ankles and told me to hold the bracelet and try to swim off the wall.  Well, I got about 5 yards and promptly lost the bracelet.  Again. Again. Again...until, I started to really rotate my body and pull all the way through...pushing my chest forward and down in order to extend my torso and create a boat like propulsion.  COOL! 

This will be a drill for me prior to my swimming main sets, but instead of a bracelet, I am using an old pair of goggles to keep my feet together...it gives a little bit of play without the false buoyancy of a pull buoy (which she doesn't want me to use so I can get those legs to just sit more still on their own)...she's not a big fan of bands.  I can also use a filled water bottle if I am feeling courageous.   I really felt different today (after all of these crazy legs tied up drills) at my workout.

Oh and breathing out steadily instead of in spurts is something that gives me a lot more time to breathe and not hold my neck so tense...I'm trying to do that as I sit at my desk right now!

Swimming food for thought!

Mi ha colpito

war eagle.

This guy is great.  He'll probably end up making the Olympic team.  He puts so much into his running that right after finishing each race, he faints and takes a while to come back around.

Kim,   this all sounds oh so familiar.  My instructor hasn't tried the band trick yet, but I have a feeling it won't be long.  I don't think you ever told us what that drill was that you had to do for 7000 meters.

Even though it's early, it's still Wednesday!  Who's taking the time to do a little racing this weekend?  Spill it.

LOL!!!

No racing this weekend.  Driving to Chicago for a conference with all of my staff.  Should be fun, but I don't foresee a lot of training getting done

I registered for a 5K this weekend, then got an offer to spend 4-5 days on Tybee Island for free.  It was not a difficult choice.  Good luck to everyone racing this weekend!

No racing here. We are in Arizona until Saturday, enjoying the sunshine!!

Be careful where and when you shave...

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschool-prep-rally/maryland-swim-team-retroactively-loses-county-title-because-153508295.html

Although the intent of the rule seems to make sense, the punishment seems a little crazy.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/17-ways-to-use-kale-slideshow.html

Wow George. What a dumb rule! Sounds like what I am going through with our Middle School Odyssey of the Mind teams. Yotal lack of logic.

Long story short: Our teams were told we could not meet off of school prioperty as it was a liability issue. When I spoke to someone from Wake County Schools they told me that child safety was paramount. I then asked why have you not told all the other teams from Wake County? Not just ours. They then told me they do not know if anyone else is meeting of of school properties! (The nature of the projects practically requires it). My response: If safety is your primary concern why not send a letter to everyone saying "If you are meeting off of school property, stop immediately!" No investigation required. I got no coherent response to this. I am convinced that idiotic slavish adherence to rules and procedures is killing anything resembling common sense.

The fact that the shaving rule only applies (and is stupid) to swim teams and no other sports teams shows that safety was not the primary reason for the rule. I would love to know who reported the swimmer that shaved before the meet.

Especially when the rules seem to only apply to some and not everyone!  Sorry to hear that Doug.