SWIMM!

The swimming quest continues.....Last night had a great 45 minute drill practice working on swimming like a fish! Being as relaxed and 'flotie' as possible. It is progressing well and seems to be getting easire as I move forward. The TOTAL IMMERSION program is amazing. It still blows my mind that 3 monbths ago I could not swim 100meters and now I am excited to be going out for 1.5-2 k swims. Going ot head out today and do 30 minute swim, straight time and then a few more minutes of drills. Practice will make perfect as I start into a bit of an overall increase in traning intensity. I'll keep you posted as to what I am doing! Cheers

What is next on traning scedule?

Well, it is time to start a little more intensive training....for the next 16-17 weeks I am going to complete a marathon traning session. My goal is to begin to build an intensity, while running, weight traning and swimming(forgot spinning) so that I can take a breif taper period befire starting on the Ironamn traning plan that I will follow. I believe that this strategy should get me to where I need to be both physically as well as facing the proper intensity and rest. I will work at building a URL link to my traninig schedule. Cheers and have a great day!

Monday's adventure

Last night was another great night of Yoga! Must say, the benefits of one class a week is huge! It serves to remind me sonctantly how important it is to stretch and stretch well. It is also a time to remond myself that the entire process of training for an Ironamn needs focus and discipline. TOTAL BALANCE seems to be a great spot for me to do mental traning, both the Yoga as well as spinning with Paul are of great benefit.

Awesome open water

Did a 1.5k open water swim. Water was freezing, about 10c. Once I got going it i warmed up a bit, but cold is cold! For my first swim of that distance it felt great. Finished 1.5k in 29 minutes, that is keeping up with the swimmers! Hope i can continue to progress that way. Found once I got into a groove, breathing rhythm was goo, nive smooth stroke, overall fairly efficient!

Running update!

Well, my foot still hurts a bit and is starting to frustrate me. I have been using teh golf ball rolling my foot on it, using a night splint and stretching(could stretch more) I am going to go and run on Tuesday and ease back into it! Hopefully no severe re-occurence.

Swim time!

This is my bbefore comment.....I am heading out for a 1.5k+ training swim which will be a huge leap from my past longest swim. Looking forward to it. Temoerature is 11C and the water is currently 14C. Trish is going to follow along in our 'traning kayak' for safety. I am goiing to also wear my Garmin 301 and Trish will have it with her on teh boat to see if I can track my accurate disctance as well as heart rate. I will put some feedback and update on my morning training.

Here is my list of Equipment

SO far I believe that I have the tools that I need, might be a couple of additions as this traning moves along, but, being the gear nerd that I am, I will tell you what I have and what I think about it!

Bike - Cervelo P3 - purchased from Wheels of Bloor - bike is awesome, been riding an Aquila Equipe road bike for couple of years, great ride. The change to an aero bike for training has been out of this world. Average ride speed is up 5%++, average heart rate is down about 10%!

Wetsuit - I have purchased a NINITEEN TSUNAMI wet suitffrom Foot Tools in Burlington. WOW! The thing is great. My past reantsl have been like climbing into a straight jackett, this is like a tailored suit. It is great to swim in and has made the swim learn process a bit of a joy!