Swim Workouts

[Try-Chick]

Someone on Tri-fuel suggested using a diver's slate and pencil. I thought that was a great idea too. Then you just write your workout on it big enough so you can see it easily. I went to a scuba website and ordered one to see how it works. Will let you know.

[Lise]

Hi, all,

I know Total Immersion sells a set of workout cards already laminated, so it seems you could do that, as others have said, at Kinkos, or with those self-laminating sheets.

Congratulations on finding your groove in the pool! That's the hardest part of the tri for me. Gotta get back in there...winter in Illinois is not an inspiring time to swim. I got my first full wet suit, and when the ice floes break up on Lake Michigan, say, about June, I'll get in the big water! In the meantime, you're inspiring me to get back in the pool at the Y. Lise

[Melody]

You can also use National Geographic's "Adventure Paper". This is a (supposedly, never actually tried it) water-proof tear proof paper designed for inkjet printers:

http://www.ngmapstore.com/shopping/p...=75&itemID=351

National Geographic sells it since they recommend it to people who use their "Topo!" product (Topographic maps of the US) which is an excellent product btw. My husband and I have used it to produce routes and with Topo! Streets & 3D Views, you can use it to track via roads. What's pretty cool is that you can get an elevation profile so you can see how bad a route is before going out on it.

Mel

[Nanci]

Instead of the dive slate, which gets icky and hard to clean, you could get one of those underwater notepads- they're yellow, any dive shop should have it. I have things written in those, with pencil, that have spent hundreds of hours, literally, underwater, which have not faded or degraded.

Nanci

[Surlygirl]

Nanci you're killing me, too funny

[triflor]

Most stores with camping supplies, or with first aid supplies, should sell note books of waterproof paper. Its pretty normal to keep in a first aid kit, and doesn't get ruined if it rains or a canoe tips... so you shouldn't have a problem using it by the pool.