Heading to Tahoe
...for our sixth anniversary, so no official training for me this weekend. Tomorrow the team is scheduled to do a bike/run "brick" workout: 30 miles of cycling followed immediately by 30 minutes of running. I hope to take the bikes up to Tahoe with us, so maybe I'll be able to do this on my own. Mostly we intend to relax and see the sights, though.
I've been slacking just a bit this week on the swimming, as I've only been in the pool once. Two new things in the pool though: the long-awaited debut of the SPEEDOS, and (2) the romantic zoomers/swim training fins that my lovely wife got me for our anniversary. So regarding the speedos - no, they're not the 'brief' kind, thankfully. I don't think you'll be seeing me sporting those anytime soon. Yes, you're welcome. The ones I newly acquired are of the thigh-hugging, 'jammer' variety: basically bike shorts without the seat pad. And you know what? I think they actually help? Instead of just a vague splashy feeling in my hip region, I can genuinely feel when my hips are (unfortunately rarely) on the surface of the water (as they should be), instead of sinking like an anchor. So now maybe I can fix that. And the zoomers - I'm not sure I'm using them right. As far as I can tell, all they do is make me go about 4 times faster with less effort. Which is a good thing - it's fun to feel firsthand what swimming quickly is all about. I'm not getting the leg workout that was promised by our coach (who, incidentally, says using zoomers is "not cheating" .... not sure if I buy that). So they're a work in progress, I guess.
So far my Tue/Thurs morning "buddy" rides have been wildly successful in the fact that they actually get me out of bed and out on the road. They haven't been at all successful in attracting any "buddies" from the triathlon team, alas; maybe people who have real jobs cannot dally around on their bikes until 8:30 am?
Off to Tahoe now .... maybe my fundraising goal will have been met by the time I return?
I've been slacking just a bit this week on the swimming, as I've only been in the pool once. Two new things in the pool though: the long-awaited debut of the SPEEDOS, and (2) the romantic zoomers/swim training fins that my lovely wife got me for our anniversary. So regarding the speedos - no, they're not the 'brief' kind, thankfully. I don't think you'll be seeing me sporting those anytime soon. Yes, you're welcome. The ones I newly acquired are of the thigh-hugging, 'jammer' variety: basically bike shorts without the seat pad. And you know what? I think they actually help? Instead of just a vague splashy feeling in my hip region, I can genuinely feel when my hips are (unfortunately rarely) on the surface of the water (as they should be), instead of sinking like an anchor. So now maybe I can fix that. And the zoomers - I'm not sure I'm using them right. As far as I can tell, all they do is make me go about 4 times faster with less effort. Which is a good thing - it's fun to feel firsthand what swimming quickly is all about. I'm not getting the leg workout that was promised by our coach (who, incidentally, says using zoomers is "not cheating" .... not sure if I buy that). So they're a work in progress, I guess.
So far my Tue/Thurs morning "buddy" rides have been wildly successful in the fact that they actually get me out of bed and out on the road. They haven't been at all successful in attracting any "buddies" from the triathlon team, alas; maybe people who have real jobs cannot dally around on their bikes until 8:30 am?
Off to Tahoe now .... maybe my fundraising goal will have been met by the time I return?
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