Swimming: I’m officially slowest.
Last Monday of the month means a 400m time trial at the NE31 Tri club. Not much to say about it, other than I’m now officially the slowest swimmer in the club. Of course, I can tell myself that I’ve been training for distance rather than speed, but it’s still annoying to be right at the back. Our Coach reckons I just need to give it more aggression, and hammer it all the way up to the wall for each turn, as he reckons I’m losing about a minute over the 400m with wishy-washy turns & a graceful but lazy stroke.
Not that I don’t think he knows what he’s talking about - ‘cos he does - but I think there’s something seriously wrong with my stroke. Basically if I take it easy, I can hold 40-ish strokes per pal (50m). But as soon as I try to push it, the count goes up to over 50, and on one of my laps last night, it touched closer to 60.
Maybe it’s time to get the waterproof video camera out and have a close frame-by-frame look at what I’m doing. Or even book myself in for a weekend Total Immersion course . . . £330. Donations gratefully received at the usual address.
Workout:
- Type: Swim
- Date: 06/30/2008
- Total Time: 00:30:00.00
- Distance: 804.67 m
- Average Pace: 3:45.95/100m
- 400m swim time: 9:02 (that’s about a week-and-a-half)
yes - but that was only for 400m. This weekend is for more than that isn’t it?
Besides it’s all relative…
I think you should imagine a large swift-swimming sharp-toothed equine bearing down on you in your lane because you look like a really tasty apple.
Yup, that should do it. No, that’s okay. Don’t thank me…
Yep - those sabre-toothed horses are pretty mean swimmers. I’m glad they’re only native to the Pacific NorthWest . . .
I say, swim steady…. stay calm…. keep your HR down… and kick some ass on the bike!
…and visualize the equine of death…
I agree with Brad on this one…based on what my coaches and pals have told me…not too many Tri’s are won in the water….kick ass on the bike and finish strong in the run!!!