Gainesville
In unrelated news, I brought my bike in to be fixed today. They have to order a part for the computer so it will finally work. It's only going to cost about $30, considerable cheaper than the $65 pricetag a whole new one would have come with. The downside, though, is I have no bike until Friday. Which may be difficult since I'm going to West Palm Thursday and Friday. I may go into the shop and ask for the bike Wednesday to do my workout then. We shall see. Point is, looks like that's finally unfucked.
Swim: speed day
warmupu: 100swim, 100 pull, 100 kick, 100 swim
main: 8 x 100 EBEH (each 100 = 25Easy, 25Build, 25Easy, 25 Hard)
2 Lipodrene
These types of days are almost rest days. I'm not even sure what the training value is, but I'm at a point now that I need to do something almost every day, so a half hour swim didn't seem unreasonable. I will say focusing on keeping my right arm out during its stroke is making swimming a lot more unpleasant. My right hand actually starts getting real sore from the increased effort it has to put out. My whole right side in general is getting tired faster. These EBEHs didn't feel much faster than usual, but they did feel more controlled. And I'm guessing a lot of that has to do with the better form.
Again, my intervals were shorter, and again the "Easys" weren't rest lengths, but rather like race pace. I also got stopped between sets by some guy sitting by the pool asking if I was getting enough air when I brought my head up. I figured it was some unsolicited coaching, but actually it was just a guy who didn't swim because he felt like he couldn't get enough air. I wanted to explain to him that that was me 2 years ago, and that it's really not that hard once you learn. But then he asked me about my Ironman 70.3 swim cap, and I told him about it, and the full Ironman in November, and this cute redhead in the next lane stopped and started asking me about it too. But just like I never really talk to girls socially at the gym, nor do I in the pool. But she was cute, for the record. It was a nice distraction on an otherwise unremarkable training day. But it's good. Tomorrow's run is the longest I've ever done.
Showing posts with label right side. Show all posts
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
T55 - Hello, Right Side! - Swim/Run Brick
Gainesville
This past Valentines Day, or the day before to be more precise, me and my then-girlfriend went kayaking in Biscayne Bay. The whole time, we kept veering to the right. Since I was sitting in back, and more or less controlling our direction, I was getting a little irritated at myself. I hadn't been lifting for months, and swimming works both sides evenly. Why was my left arm pulling so much harder than my right? The whole fucking kayak trip we kept having to correct course, and I really felt like I was exerting even effort. Well, today I think I figured it out.
Swim: 2x1500
2 Lipodrene
The swim today was not terribly inspiring. Lost count a few times. Went at a solid pace, but nothing frustrating and nothing impressive. I was neither inspired nor demotivated. A very normal swim, interrupted by a gel halfway through 1500 number 2. But I kept my head under water for multiple strokes a few times and noticed something: my right arm was coming across a small part of my right side every stroke. I'd never noticed this because my head is always out of the water when the right arm strokes, so its location was never certain like it is on the left. The idea, of course, is not to cross your body with your arms so you get the maximum pull.
What I realized was the, basically, for the year and a half I've been swimming my right arms has essentially been drafting behind my body on its stroke. I'm sure this cost me some speed, but it also has made my left side considerable stronger. Hence the lopsided Kayak trip. I realized this, of course, at about lap 20 of the second set, but for the last 10 and a half laps, I focused on keeping my right arm on the outside of my body. Yeah, it got sore after about 2 laps. My right shoulder was burning by the end, it was getting so much use. I hadn't realized it, but my stroke was seriously fucked. Somehow I think this is going to make future swims a lot harder, but may well gain me some time.
Run - 30 Minutes
Did a quick transition in the GHFC locker room and headed out onto 8th Ave. I had hoped to have another crushing run like I did in Miami, but my legs were still really sore from the previous night's Fartleks. So I ran about my race pace, but realized the purpose here. Your legs, they might be a little sore after a 112-mile bike ride. Probably a good idea to start realizing how running on them is gonna feel. Now, today's run was about 23 miles shorter than the Ironman run will be, and the cloud cover made it pretty easy. But good to feel like I can run my race pace on sore legs.
This past Valentines Day, or the day before to be more precise, me and my then-girlfriend went kayaking in Biscayne Bay. The whole time, we kept veering to the right. Since I was sitting in back, and more or less controlling our direction, I was getting a little irritated at myself. I hadn't been lifting for months, and swimming works both sides evenly. Why was my left arm pulling so much harder than my right? The whole fucking kayak trip we kept having to correct course, and I really felt like I was exerting even effort. Well, today I think I figured it out.
Swim: 2x1500
2 Lipodrene
The swim today was not terribly inspiring. Lost count a few times. Went at a solid pace, but nothing frustrating and nothing impressive. I was neither inspired nor demotivated. A very normal swim, interrupted by a gel halfway through 1500 number 2. But I kept my head under water for multiple strokes a few times and noticed something: my right arm was coming across a small part of my right side every stroke. I'd never noticed this because my head is always out of the water when the right arm strokes, so its location was never certain like it is on the left. The idea, of course, is not to cross your body with your arms so you get the maximum pull.
What I realized was the, basically, for the year and a half I've been swimming my right arms has essentially been drafting behind my body on its stroke. I'm sure this cost me some speed, but it also has made my left side considerable stronger. Hence the lopsided Kayak trip. I realized this, of course, at about lap 20 of the second set, but for the last 10 and a half laps, I focused on keeping my right arm on the outside of my body. Yeah, it got sore after about 2 laps. My right shoulder was burning by the end, it was getting so much use. I hadn't realized it, but my stroke was seriously fucked. Somehow I think this is going to make future swims a lot harder, but may well gain me some time.
Run - 30 Minutes
Did a quick transition in the GHFC locker room and headed out onto 8th Ave. I had hoped to have another crushing run like I did in Miami, but my legs were still really sore from the previous night's Fartleks. So I ran about my race pace, but realized the purpose here. Your legs, they might be a little sore after a 112-mile bike ride. Probably a good idea to start realizing how running on them is gonna feel. Now, today's run was about 23 miles shorter than the Ironman run will be, and the cloud cover made it pretty easy. But good to feel like I can run my race pace on sore legs.
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