Catch a wave...Or the swimming thread

[eclectic]

Against my better judgment I swam this morning. I am scheduled to do my first 7 mile run tonight and didn't want to be tired out. But an out of town friend was swimming so I went.
I decided to wear the zoomer fins and save my legs but now my shoulders are tired because of the pulls w/ paddles and the pull buoy - I skipped the parachute drills.

300 wu swim

300 drill

300 pull w/ paddles

100 non free swim

8 x 75 x 25's kick, drill, swim

And because it was so long ago and so early in the AM I have no idea what we did the last set but I know it involved the little parachutes

[crazycanuck]

On Monday I did something similar to Ecclectic.. I did our group swim session & then went for a fourty something km ride after. I meandered & didn't push it but need to rejig a few things if i want to try it again. (i dropped my vehicle & swim friend in the city the mozied off..)

Main thing is food.

So, if i do want to try this again, do you have any suggestions? I was knackered by the end of the day as I had to do some running around after..

I'm not trying to be a superheroine tri chick, I just wanted to do something different!

[eclectic]

On Monday I did something similar to Ecclectic.. I did our group swim session & then went for a fourty something km ride after. I meandered & didn't push it but need to rejig a few things if i want to try it again. (i dropped my vehicle & swim friend in the city the mozied off..)

Main thing is food.

So, if i do want to try this again, do you have any suggestions? I was knackered by the end of the day as I had to do some running around after..

I'm not trying to be a superheroine tri chick, I just wanted to do something different!

C'mon be a super-heroine tri chick!
Did you do the ride right after the swim?
I didn't - I swam in the AM and ran in the PM so I had all day at work to eat and hydrate.

I have no idea how one would do a long session of swimming then a long session of riding - it would be like doing almost a section of a 1/2 IM
I have no idea how they fuel before they start

Ladies? ? ? ?

[Veronica]

Before my half IM I ate 1.5 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I ate and drank on the bike like I would normally on a bike ride. My run was very hot so I sucked on ice cubes and walked a lot.

Veronica

[Urlea]

Before my half IM I ate 1.5 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I ate and drank on the bike like I would normally on a bike ride. My run was very hot so I sucked on ice cubes and walked a lot.

Veronica

Peanut butter would be a decent way to add protein! I'm half temped to slather some on my Odwalla oat bar Friday to see how that goes.

[eclectic]

Urlea - I am glad to hear you have a swim partner who will help you w/ drills.

I was doing the Popov drill (3 stroke roll to side 6 kick) today and realized I have been getting slack on the purpose of the drills - I have just been sluffing through them. I started paying attention to the drill, why I was doing it, what purpose it served and what my body was doing.

The Popov is mainly for balance. I realized when I started to pay attention that I was very well balanced on one side (my breathing roll side) and poorly balanced on the other side. I started really focusing on balancing on that side too. It is my weaker side and I have more problem w/ roll, getting high elbows and my arm nicely out of the water.

So do your drills and have her explain what purpose they serve so you can be aware of it. If there are any she isn't sure of and you can't find just let me know and I will ask my coach she is really good about explaining the whys behind everything, body position, arms, breathing etc and how the drills help.

When I first started out I found the Popov, finger tip drag and catchup to be the most beneficial.

[eclectic]

Oops thought of another thing I JUST had to share.

I am swimming in the Blizzard Biathlon on Sunday. I have the easy leg. the run is 5 miles outside on all the snow and ice. It is supposed to warm up by sunday to the mid 20's so lets hope it does (-10 F this morning w/ -25 to -30 windchill).

the swim is jsut a 500. The only hard part is they don't seed the lanes. Last time I got in a lane with a speedy high school swim team girl and a pokey young semi beginner swimmer. Even though we were circle swimming in the lane we would end up in the same place at the same time so couldn't pass.

Although it is just a fun Bi. I am going to suggest for next year people put a guesstimate on their 500 time and seed the lanes for 8 min, 9 min 10 min etc. At least it would be a few laps before anyone caught up and had to pass someone.

Oh well it is just for fun and honor.

Next year i hope to do the whole thing - my relay partner is learning to swim better and I am learning to run!

[Urlea]

Swam twice this week so far. Monday's swim was short to allow for more biking. I felt kind of fatigued coming off the bike Mon., but I found that if I walk a few laps around the track before going into the pool it helps quite a bit.

Today I had a short bike and longer swim. I broke it up into 1/2 mile sets. The first set of laps I did wasn't great. I needed an attitude adjustment. Wasn't feeling like a swimmer so I wasn't performing like one. Second set was much better once I pulled myself together. It's crazy how much confidence and a little stubborn will can get you moving.

I'm really looking forward to Friday's swim!! Turns out a friend of mine who did competitive swimming in college is going to start swimming with me as many times a week as our schedules can accommodate. I swam with her a few times last year and her advice was very helpful. She says she's willing to teach me drills and such too. I'll motivate her to stay active and she'll tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Eclectic Not sure I'm much help on the food issue. At this point I am still trying to figure out what sticks with me the longest and stays settled well before training. So far Odwalla's Berries GoMega bars & a 1/2 cup of Bolthouse smoothie have been working great!

I do know that a fair amount of my fuel will need to come from what I consume on the bike though. My preliminary plan (which will be thoroughly tested in training) is to munch on shot-bloks & Sport beans washed down with Heed &/or Pertpetuem. Gels will probably be saved for the run portion.

Gotta admit I'm very curious what the rest of you do/have done.

Anywho, here's to good swims the rest of this week for all of you, keep kicking!