Pool Closed This Week
The week of graduation (I work for a University), the gym closes for a week for “preventative maintenance”. Coming off the worst swim in my life I didn’t really take that news well. No worries, this will be a good week to put in some leg numbing bike and run, as well as hit the weight room.
No swimming for me this week.
Currently, I’m still fuming about my performance at the JerseyMan. I just feel I was so better than that on race day. A few things I noticed on the video:
1. I run sort of weird. Perhaps I should get a running coach? I googled proper running technique and I have taken the advice from those articles and videos and instituted them into my workouts.
2. I don’t attack the water in my stroke. When my hand enters the water, I sort of just drop them into the water…like pendulums. This week I have been entering the water with vengeance. This has allowed me use my hips better when rotating from side to side. Just look at the guys coming out of the water first and how they slice into the water with authority…I need to start doing that. Maybe I should get a swim coach too.
3. I recognized that while I had an awesome aerobic base, I had no strength or speed on the bike. I’ve been doing more intense interval work this week with my heart rate typically above 165. I put in 120km/75 miles today and pushed my biggest gears the entire time (a little over 4 hours). I got that advice in an article about Chrissie Wellington. She says if you push big gears the entire time, over a course of a few weeks, you’ll eventually be able to do those same gears in a higher cadence as you were with your easier gears.
Makes sense. And if it works for Chrissie, then I am definitely willing to give it a try. I think the best part of the ride today was flying by two yuppies on Cervelo P3’s.:-)
Train well.
Ken