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If I get there it will be for the last hour or so as kids concert starts at 7:00 at nearby school. So if your are there after 9:00, it would be great to see a pro in action!!
I will have a light blue HR cap and a brand new pair of goggles!!
The concert didn't finish until after 9, so it was 9:25 before I was in the water. Perhpas you were earlier??
A bit of an improvement on the swim - a couple of 100s at 1:28 and some 74 swim golf, but generally an easy wind down before Sunday. I would like to have the chance to draft a 1:15 man though!!!
1:28 is pretty decent - is that with tumble turns? I'll take a look at your stroke next time (I'm no expert, just passing on knowledge!) and see if we can't get you going faster with better technique.
Do you know the guy from G'ming SC who trains at CH nearly every night after 9:00? Yellow cap and v consistent pacing. The good news is that I was keeping up with him/swimming slightly faster over the short distances (not drafting, as I was in the beginners section!!) which is a first for me. So a bit of confidence has re-appeared for Sunday...phew! I will put the disppointing times at Datchett out of my mind and try to enjoy the Thames!!
Thanks again for the Spectrum suggestion. The googles were great once I had made the necessary adjustments.
I know the principles but always end up in a mess and as I hate the pool I won't bother learning now............
He also tried to start giving 'tips' some of the Phoenix lot behind Chris' back (before I joined). I got warned about him.
Basically he thinks he's the business. Have you seen his butterfly? Hilarious is not the word.
If I were you I'd do my very best to kick his ass! You say consistent, but he never does anything particularly fast/pace change, which isn't going to get him anywhere.
I understand the theory, its just that I haven't practiced enough. There is a good article written by Paul Newsome at SwimSmooth (www.swimsmooth.com) in the free articles section which I would recommend. I think Paul explains things very well.
I would also love a link to the Zoggs paper MMut.
I had better be careful here as Hollywoood might be accusing me of being serious.Being a beginner, I was reading Paul's articles on putting on a wetsuit and juts stumbled on the tumbles!!!
If I could be cheeky and ask for a copy of the tumble turns?
Cheers Taffia
Poor BowiPod!
Agree that he doesn't change pace, but he is very consistent over mid distance. I wish I had his pace over 1500m. He would kick my a** big time!!
Do use him as a pacer though, if only to keep a smile on your face!
Carl1969uk@btinternet.com
I have noticed that he slows down quite a bit towards the end of his 1500m (I think) session - you can take him then!
DO you ever head down to the running track by the way?
BP - you are in a very different league if you can beat this guy. I was thrilled to do it over 2 lengths (and I was cheating as it was during a 100m rep and he was on a longer swim!!).
I have used the track occassionally. One thing that i have learned from 2 years of tri and 2006 FLM is that I have good endurance and short term speed, but need to work on combining the two. I guess this is what my swimming times show. So this year, I have done the odd Yasso session and some steady paced 10k (ie trying to run steady paced 1k with -ve spilt) on the track. But really onyl done this a handful of times.
Met an incredible speed machine there last week. I was happily chatting with him, until he started to talk about competing in "the worlds" and being a sprinter but could only manage a 41m 10k!!! perhaps it was Hollywood in disguise?
I might be interested in meeting up at the track and the pool. Work commitments (in London) mean that I cannot make Pheonix times so no point me joing the club. But I definitely could do with some help/opportunities to train with proper athletes like yourself. i am sure it would spur me on.