December 28, 2010
Man I suck at swimming
Getting back in the tri-training routine. Hoping to do my first tri this year at Ocean Shores, then do the Lake Stevens 70.3 August 14. That means getting more and more swim training over the next 6mo while I ramp up everything else.
Today's swim was a measly 15 minutes. Kicked my ass. I've never been a strong swimmer so that's going to be the real challenge, but fortunately the pool is ~5min from the office, so I can try to get 4-5 sessions in per week while I get the hang of it. Going to watch the Total Immersion DVD set I got last year and practice some of their drills as well.
Overall goal for me: 2012 Ironman.
7 Comments:
TecmoSuperBowl posted on December 28, 2010 at 21:35 PM
GOGOGOGO!
KasinoKrime posted on December 28, 2010 at 23:08 PM
What kind of weight training do you do for a triathlon? I've considering doing one before, but am a little uneducated about how to get my training regimen off the ground. Anywhere you can point me to do some research?
casaubon posted on December 29, 2010 at 17:37 PM
Total immersion is pretty good to start with rob, but if you don't find yourself understanding the drills or seeing progress, I can't recommend taking a class or going to a masters group enough. When I first got back in the pool after 20 years, i was totally lost. TI was good enough to get me moving a bit, but four in-person lessons really made a huge difference. It's a skill sport, not an endurance sport, so good instruction makes all the difference.
KK, check out beginnertriathlete.com for some typical training plans. People usually discourage weight training if you're doing any kind of serious volume, but there's a fairly intractable debate about it.
Entity posted on December 29, 2010 at 18:32 PM
Thanks Chris. My path will almost definitely involve some lessons (once I get myself up to an acceptable beginner/middle ground and get full mobility of my left shoulder). Initially I think I'm going to start doing intense cardio session (Insanity workouts) for the next 60 days to cut and work on tempo for running/cycling.
Eventually I think it's pretty likely that I may try a CrossFit Endurance training plan for a while, but I'm likely to end up doing a mix of something like that along with longer runs/bike rides mixed in just because I genuinely enjoy long runs/rides so much.
How did your marathon go, btw?
casaubon posted on December 29, 2010 at 18:50 PM
i messed up my hip early in my plan, so a marathon was no go for me this year. I'm devoting most of next year just to building for the chicago marathon, and maybe jump into a couple sprint tris for kicks.
Post about crossfit endurance if you start doing it. I'm really curious about it, but I can't decide if someone as injury prone as me should be perfect for it or if it would be a nightmare.
ceegee posted on December 30, 2010 at 17:11 PM
sick goal man, glgl and train hard!
WindycityJ posted on January 06, 2011 at 22:03 PM
Swimming, as you likely know, is all about form. And while I reccomend a lot of TI drills some of them are super essoteric. I've been swimming since I was 7 years old (44 now) have been a triathlete for 25 years, and a triathlon coach for 8 years. I strongly reccomend you get some 1 on 1 swim coaching. The real problem with swimming is that our sense of proprioception (your awareness of you body in space) is really thrown off while swimming. So, while you're doing your drills, if you're not doing them correctly, you may actually be forming bad habits in the water that may become really hard to break later. With a good coach, you'll have a set of eyes watching you from the deck and can give you pointers to form good habits early.
Happy training.
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