Fatman to Ironman - Page 374 - Triathlon

SossigeDog

09/01/2013 at 17:07

Evening fitness peeps.

After a week i have started to find breathing through the nose easier. My ears popped today & everything is now a lot louder. So, i think the barstool cold maybe now be on it's way out.

30 min run just done. Of for a 1 hour swim in a bit. Starting to feel real good about getting back into a regular training pattern again, despite not feeling tip top.

DimTimTris

09/01/2013 at 17:15

Andy, that's good to hear. Take it easy mate, till those germs are truly vanquished!

M...eldy

pirate

09/01/2013 at 18:01

Evening team

I reccommend 100m intervals in the pool to wake you up

and to send you to sleep after

SossigeDog

09/01/2013 at 20:20

Cheers Tim

Smashed it tonight (by my standards) 88 x 25m in 59:23

mathschick

10/01/2013 at 09:30

maybe I will try the 100m intervals tonight when I go swimming!

Spoons.

10/01/2013 at 11:02

A good sessions is 10 x 100m off 60 seconds, then 10 x 50m off 45 seconds, then 10 x 25m off 30 seconds

M...eldy

pirate

10/01/2013 at 13:07

100m in 60 secs? What do you think my middle name is ?? Thorpe!!!!

Spoons.

10/01/2013 at 13:13

I meant 60 seconds recovery!!

Rafiki

pirate

10/01/2013 at 14:14

Managed a sneaky 30 miles on the TT bike at lunch time - first time i've done any mileage on her since the bike fit. Initially a little strange as I felt I was hanging out over the front wheel, but soon got use to it. A lot more stable at high speed. Forgot how quickly you can eat the miles up on the TT!!

SossigeDog

10/01/2013 at 20:53

Well done & evening all

30 min ride tonight. Seeking out a short hilly circuit round Norwich. Managed to find some slopes

Rode just over 7 miles & climbed 486ft.

Going to use my Thursday bike session as hill night, try and get a bigger climb stat each week, another motivator hopefully.

SossigeDog

10/01/2013 at 21:00

This looks interesting

http://sport.be.msn.com/parisroubaix/2013/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=621848

Spoons.

10/01/2013 at 21:20

SD - just ride up Gas Hill a few times

DimTimTris

10/01/2013 at 21:50

Second swim with NEWTs tonight, loved it, great coach. Feeling good!

SossigeDog

10/01/2013 at 21:58

Gas hill is hard and steep but quite short. I went up telegraph lane tonight which is a longer uphill drag.

However, i will be adding gas hill into the circuit as its in the same area i went tonight. Bit of a recce sesh today

Well done Tim, you'll be swimming faster than flipper by August

Budgie11

10/01/2013 at 22:43

You're going to ride up Gas Hill? Are you insane? haha

Wondered if I could get some swimming advice from you guys... I'm really struggling to get my breathing right. By the end of a few lengths my chest feels like it's about to explode. I'm really concerned about not having this sorted already! Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to sort this out? Or is it a case of putting in lots of swim time?

On a side note, it feels so good to get back into a regular training routine, feel loads better than I did over Christmas and New Year!

Hope everyone's training is going well!

DimTimTris

10/01/2013 at 23:04

Budgie, for me it was just time in the water that made breathing easier, improving water fitness, improving technique, trying not to tense up. I haven't experienced a real 'click' moment, but it's getting easier quicker.

Nurse Ratched

10/01/2013 at 23:59

Budgie, best advice I can pass on is to try slowing things down until your breathing feels comfortable. How many strokes are you doing between breaths? Make sure you exhale as much as you can while your face is in the water - a very wise woman told me to breathe out steadily, as if I was whistling, and it works for me.

Spoons.

11/01/2013 at 07:05

SD - I used to live by Pinebanks and had a run route that went up Gas Hill, Harvey Lane, Thunder Lane and Pound Lane. Nice hills round there

SossigeDog

11/01/2013 at 07:26

Spoons, yep, you can make up a decent hilly route for sure.

Budgie, agree with the others. I found really slowing up my arm stroke & hardly kicking helped. Concentrate on trying to glide.

I found Total immersion is a great book to read

"a very wise woman told me to breathe out steadily, as if I was whistling, and it works for me." Does this woman fly around on a broomstick?

IronDonkey

11/01/2013 at 13:50

Well then. I’ve had a little bit of a review of my swim stoke with a swim coach. By the looks of it, as I suspected, I’m not “bubble breathing” which means I’m exhaling and inhaling during the breath sequence of the stroke.

As a consequence I’m letting my head get too high in the water to create the time and space needed to get the air in and out of my system. With my head too high in the water my hips are being forced down which of course is creating drag which, as we all know, is a bad thing.

I also have a fairly weak catch and pull which sees me generally push the water downwards rather than backwards. On the plus side, I do have a strong hip led kick. So it’s not all bad news.

As of Tuesday of next week I’ll be joining my local pool’s Masters Swim class.

I had put off joining such a scheme as I’d been hoping to correct things myself. Clearly, I’ve been swimming long enough to know this isn’t going to happen. Roll on Tuesday. I’ve bought an extra tight pair of Speedos especially.