Today, back to a far-away world in the East Bay (or as Iron Mel calls it, “unPleasant Hill,”) to work out with the IronTeam. We started out doing a Run workout – warm up for 10 minutes, and then we did 800s. The way it worked was that you were matched up with 2 other […]
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Comparison: Last Swim Marker Set to this New One
So, this is what I got from Sedonia, the swim coach, last night (after I sent her my crazy math…and asked if my time sucked & if I did the math right): Ok so now that we have established that you don’t suck…and now that I’ve had time to crunch out those numbers here goes the […]
New Playlist from Da Snipah (and 1st Swim Marker Set time)
Today is a “Swim Marker Set” – we have to warm up, do a few drills, then swim 800 yards continuously at “race pace” and report our time back to our coaches. I’m off to do it in about 10 minutes. Last night I received a CD of Toonz from my BFF Melissa Horwitz (a/k/a […]
Swim/Run Brick and Playlist
Today was a Swim/Run Brick. The Swim was 1600, mainly of drills. I’m concerned because my left arm is still numb from the bike ride on Sunday. Just not sure what to make of this. I have good gloves, I’m trying not to “lean” on that side, etc. – but it is even waking me […]
Swim Today Plus Playlist and as a BONUS, “Major Tom” lyrics in English & German
Today I got to the pool and realized I had left my workout on the passenger seat of the car! D’oh! I did remember it was 1750, and that the beginning was a 300 warmup, then the usual drills (3×50 of on back/swim then “catch up”/swim then scull/swim), and I knew there was a 300 […]
Bike Training, Swim, Iron University
Today was another coached workout – we did bike drills, a LOT of swimming, and then learned more about the bike. It was at Redwood High, where I went to high school. W-O-W, the school is beyond gorgeous now. Landscaping, HUGE pool, the works. W-O-W. First we did drills on a “trainer.” The last time […]
Swim Day (with Playlist) and Run Day
OK I really should have taken photos. Next time. I am SURE there will be MANY “next times”! Just picture here a drowned rat grrl from running, and a swim workout with a flashlight on it! I did the swim workout at about 7:00 p.m. yesterday, because I had a meeting from 3:00 to 6:00 […]
Swim Workout & Playlist; My Favorite Comment from the Weekend
Today was another Swim workout, and I decided to do the “Group 2″ workout to see how it would go. That workout was: WarmUp 300 EZ 3×50 25 kick on back/25 free RI 10″ 3×50 25 Catch Up (CU)/25 free RI 10″ 3×50 25 scull/25 free RI 10″ 3x 25 kick back RI 10″ […]
How far IS 140.6 Miles?
The Ironman is: 2.4 miles swimming: That’s like swimming from My House, down River Oaks, down 5th Avenue, all the way to Whole Foods. I guess I get to stop and stretch there. OR (thanks for this one, Maria A!), it’s 154 lengths (77 laps) in an Olympic-sized pool – and as most of us […]
Louisville Ironman Triathlon and other Insanities
Yup – I’ m at it again! So. I’ve been complaining (b*tching and moaning basically) since 2006 about being out of shape – and doing nothing about it. Oh sure, I would rally for a while around swimsuit season (or if $ was on the line . . . we did a “Biggest Loser contest […]