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rwestgat - 2010-01-02 12:53 AM Ok! I just started my swimming and man do I suck at it.

Do you guys know of any good online resources or books etc to teach competitive swimming techniques?

rwestgat - 2010-01-01 11:53 PM Ok! Do you guys know of any good online resources or books etc to teach competitive swimming techniques? Thanks, Bob

[email protected] - 2010-01-02 1:32 PM

I see several here have the same problem with the swimming as I do.  I just started back swimming and will really have to put some time in before my first triathlon in April.  I have been very busy the last three weeks and am looking foward to get back to my routines I had before all the travel at Christmas and all the guests we had over this past week for the Capitol One Bowl here in Orlando.   It was great seeing many old friends and eating some gumbo and Louisiana cusine.  All of our guests left this morning and I went out for a 13.1 mile run.  The weather was chilly but I had jus the right amount of layers and never got chilled.  Now that the holidays are behind me I have nothing to concentrate on except my training. 

[email protected] - 2010-01-03 7:31 AM

Waiting for a little warmer temp today in Orlando.  Currently 38 degrees and with a high of 50. 

rwestgat - 2010-01-01 11:53 PM Ok! I just started my swimming and man do I suck at it. I ways thought I was a decent swimmer. I mean I was #1 at the YMCA when I was a kid. I am struggling and I would greatly appreciate some advice. Do you guys know of any good online resources or books etc to teach competitive swimming techniques? Thanks, Bob

cornfed - 2010-01-02 8:59 AM After a lot of thinking/agonizing I've decided to bag my long run for this weekend.  I dropped some wood on my left foot yesterday and its all swollen and tender.  I'm going to try to get in a short run tomorrow if I feel up to it but right now a double digit run doesn't seem like a good idea.  The question now is how do I go about modifying my plan to make up for missing what I believe to be a pretty important workout?

The plan I'm following is broken down into 4 week blocks.  The first three increase mileage and the last is an "easy" week.  Somehow I lucked out and Christmas fell on an easy week.  That means this is the first week in the next block.  I'm thinking I should consider this week a second "easy" week.  Since I'm not going to do my long run this week I don't think it would be a good idea to the long run from next week (because it will be even longer) when I get there.  I'm think I'll do the mileage I was supposed to do today next week and just slide everything over a week, in essence I'm going to knock off the last (and longest) long run from this three week block.  Then I'll pick up again with the next four week block.

This seems like the best approach since it keeps building the mileage incrementally.   I don't want to over compensate by doing the longer next week and risk a different injury because I made too big of a jump.  Does sound like a good plan?

Thanks,

sand101 - 2010-01-02 11:24 PM
Hey guys - look at my new Felt!

;-)



(Sweet ride Brian.  I love those wheels.)

BamaDC - 2010-01-03 10:06 AM

What is the longest run in the plan?

cornfed - 2010-01-03 9:34 AM

The plan is 16 weeks long (I'm in week 5 now) and the longest run is 20 miles.  The plan calls for doing that 3 times but I would loose one of these.   Here are the long runs for each week and what they would look like if I modified them.

[email protected] - 2010-01-03 6:31 AM thanks for posting.  Now tell me how you did it?

sand101 - 2010-01-03 11:41 AM

Perhaps a 10-12 miler in your unknown spot?

I don't think you are going to suffer for a slight decrease in the long runs.  Looks pretty reasonable to me.

[email protected] - 2010-01-03 1:51 PM took your advice and went out and rode this morning.  A chilly 37 degrees for the old man from Florida.  I retaped my Felt and posted some additional pictures.  I saved them on a website but when I go to try and copy and past the url it won't paste.  I don't know why?  Any ideas?
http://s860.photobucket.com/albums/ab164/clt1bkc/Triathlon%20Pictures/?action=view¤t=100_0049.jpg&newest=1