I might join a club.

[alpinerabbit]

WOOT another 3.2 K today. I think I 'm signing up next week*. I want to go to one run practice.

I also got to get toys:
I already got some paddles (used them for 800 m), still need a pull buoy and I only had one cramp today :-) (they come from pushing off too hard)

we did all kinds of stuff today, sprints, butterfly kick (I passed on 100yds butterfly), paddle/buoy combos.

I can sprint 50yds in 45 seconds....

We got to swim into the sunset and had purty pink fluffy clouds coming out.

The only down side is the lengthy ride to the monday swim practice.

*I joked about signing my soul over to the devil and the club prez pointed at the swim coach in response

[Zen]

), still need a pull buoy

What are you using them for?
Could you rig something using empty bleach bottles?

[HillSlugger]

I still need a pull buoy

What are you using them for?
Could you rig something using empty bleach bottles?

Zen,

A pull buoy is a floaty thingy you hold between you thighs while swimming. With it you swim by just using your arm stroke, no kick at all. I'm actually faster swimming with the pull buoy than with my legs kicking

[Tri Girl]

Good job, Alpine! Your swimming is coming along rather nicely! It would be great to have a swim club to swim with, as I'm sure you have some good challenges that you might not otherwise have. Nice job on the 2 3K swims- very impressive!!!

[alpinerabbit]

What are you using them for?
Could you rig something using empty bleach bottles?

Naah - it's not a money issue and the real stuff would be more effective.

I will go and buy one, just I don't want to accumulate useless toys before I know I will use them regularly. At my regular pool where I go alone, you can borrow buoys.

I guess it also simulates wetsuit swimming to some extent?

Some of the guys were sinkers (sorry guys, lack of body fat = loss in buoyance) were definitely faster without legwork. Fascinating, really. Apparently sinking legs slow you down and I know legwork zaps your oxygen away.

I'm all motivated.
I have my second tri in less than 2 weeks and it is much better to know you can do 3K than just one (which it will be approximately - 2.5 K downriver swim).

[HillSlugger]

Some of the guys were sinkers (sorry guys, lack of body fat = loss in buoyance) were definitely faster without legwork. Fascinating, really. Apparently sinking legs slow you down and I know legwork zaps your oxygen away.

I'm a sinker, too. Wish I could use a pull buoy in my next tri.