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2012-06-25 5:56 PM

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Hi there

it may not be far but i swam 500 meters today granted a few lengths with swim aids but things are improving a few weeks back i could`nt swim 10 meters ! very exciting to see the progress on my journey to IM

for me its all about building strength and fitness, but i have made some major diet changes this week and already seeing my fitness and motivation shoot up !



2012-06-25 7:23 PM
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Bigdave001 - 2012-06-26 3:56 AM

Hi there

it may not be far but i swam 500 meters today granted a few lengths with swim aids but things are improving a few weeks back i could`nt swim 10 meters ! very exciting to see the progress on my journey to IM

for me its all about building strength and fitness, but i have made some major diet changes this week and already seeing my fitness and motivation shoot up !

Congratulations!  That's certainly a big step up!  Keep up the hard work and it will continue to pay off

 

2012-06-26 11:43 AM
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That's awesome! Good job!!!
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Congrats! Just keep swimming and you'll get the distance up and then your warm up will be 500 meters!
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Way to go.  It wasn't terribly long ago when I celebrated the same milestone.  Keep at it!

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Great Job - keep it up.  


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Nice work!
2012-07-09 11:48 AM
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Way to go!  The only problem is you need to go 550 tomorrow!
2012-07-15 7:30 PM
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Awesome Job!  The great thing with swimming is that the milestones seem more monumental than biking or running.  Not too many people say, "4 months ago I barely could bike 1 mile and today I did 40..."  Keep at it and the distance will get longer and longer...In January I barely could go 15m ... end of May I did my first Olympic length tri...the feeling of swimming 1500m will be remembered forever...

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Running Q - 2012-07-15 1:30 PM

Awesome Job!  The great thing with swimming is that the milestones seem more monumental than biking or running.  Not too many people say, "4 months ago I barely could bike 1 mile and today I did 40..."  Keep at it and the distance will get longer and longer...In January I barely could go 15m ... end of May I did my first Olympic length tri...the feeling of swimming 1500m will be remembered forever...

 

thanks

actually swam 80 lengths last week on one session so 2000 metres some with swim aid but still such a pleasing distance it took a while but i amazed !

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When is your IM?  sounds like steady progress!

 



2012-07-20 12:28 AM
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Good stuff! Congratulations! Besides strength and fitness you should also spend some time getting the technique down. It will make things a lot easier!
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Congrats!

Well I can sure relate to this.  I have ran a handfull of marathons and recently did a charity 104mi bike ride which inspired me to look into tri sports.  A few weeks ago I went to an open water swim training day and could hardly get through 100m.  It was certainly humbling.  This morning in the pool I was able to swim for 30min take a short breather and do another 20min followed by a 6mi run. Starting to feel better!

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