So, its been two days since the swim. The basic idea behind the swim clinics is to teach us to use the least amount of energy in order to swim effectively. We practiced a variety of drills that seem to be helping us to essentially "learn to swim." These include, floating on our front, floating on our back, floating on our side and then starting to transition from floating on your back to floating on your side and back. There is one more clinic before, I'm assuming, we start doing a more traditional swim practice that includes swimming laps as well as doing drills.
It is recommended that we include a second or even third swim practice on our own as we go forward, so we get as comfortable as possible in the water. I am planning to start this as soon as we start doing a more traditional swim. I find it hard to justify going to the pool in order to practice floating.
The other thing I'm going to really need to work on is relaxing. For those that know me, it probably isn't such a shock to hear that I am tense - often really tense and I have trouble relaxing. I was not quite aware, however, that it was so evident to everyone else. I have a gift card for a massage and I may just need to do that as well as trying to employ some other relaxation techniques on my own. My training schedule this week is as follows:
Monday
15 minute cycle
15 minute eliptical
90 minute swim
Tuesday
15 minute cycle
15 minute eliptical
Wendesday
REST
Thursday
10 minute row
20 minute cycle
60 minute boot camp
Friday
15 minute cycle
15 minute eliptical
85 minutes of yoga
Saturday
Team Run
Sunday
REST
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Day 1
Saturday, January 1st was day 1. I got to meet some of the other people on the triathlon team (and hopefully I'll meet more of them tonight) and we did a fairly short run. I was a little nervous about the run considering the problems I've had with shin splints and tendinitis in the past, but excited to finally get started with my training, something I've been looking forward to since I decided I was going to do this last summer. I was disappointed to hear that only a few other people are going to the Texas Triathlon that I am, but its great to train in a group.
To my surprise, as we started jogging down the street I found myself at the front of the group with my boot camp instructor, Jenny (also a coach) and a girl named Erin who's been running since high school. I was like, hello, I haven't run since MIDDLE SCHOOL, what am I doing here and why aren't those people behind me catching up?! Well, it turns out maybe I'm just faster than they are? Haha! I guess we'll find out as time goes on. Unfortunately, I was only able to keep up the momentum for about 3/4 of the run before my body started asking me to slow down so I took the chance to talk to my mentor for a few minutes and chat with a few other coaches as well. Two days later and my hips are a little sore but YAY! no shin splints! That 3rd pair of new shoes I bought must have done the trick!
Tonight is our first "swim clinic." Now, as someone that was in the water before her 1st birthday and swam competitively for 13 years, this does not sound at all interesting to me. Learn how to float on my back? I think I'm good there! Either way, I will go and try to take the time to get acclimated to pool water again. I look forward to when we start actually swimming laps, though I am not sure any of these practices will be nearly as hard as the ones I had in high school. I will try to write a detailed post about how this swim clinic goes later this week. Until then, adios!
To my surprise, as we started jogging down the street I found myself at the front of the group with my boot camp instructor, Jenny (also a coach) and a girl named Erin who's been running since high school. I was like, hello, I haven't run since MIDDLE SCHOOL, what am I doing here and why aren't those people behind me catching up?! Well, it turns out maybe I'm just faster than they are? Haha! I guess we'll find out as time goes on. Unfortunately, I was only able to keep up the momentum for about 3/4 of the run before my body started asking me to slow down so I took the chance to talk to my mentor for a few minutes and chat with a few other coaches as well. Two days later and my hips are a little sore but YAY! no shin splints! That 3rd pair of new shoes I bought must have done the trick!
Tonight is our first "swim clinic." Now, as someone that was in the water before her 1st birthday and swam competitively for 13 years, this does not sound at all interesting to me. Learn how to float on my back? I think I'm good there! Either way, I will go and try to take the time to get acclimated to pool water again. I look forward to when we start actually swimming laps, though I am not sure any of these practices will be nearly as hard as the ones I had in high school. I will try to write a detailed post about how this swim clinic goes later this week. Until then, adios!
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