Tempo Trainers have known to help people with pacing. I think that pacing in swimming is particularly hard for me to date. Found this post on the TI forums to help pace with Tempo Trainers. Will be giving this a try soon. http://www.totalimmersion.net/index.php?option=com_jfusion&wrap=showthread.php%3Ft%3D1776
These days I have been working on improving my stroke using Total Immersion. While I have read the book before; this time I am taking an actual workshop to help polish all the various details. One of the keys is to think about reducing the number of strokes it takes to complete a length. I [...]
No Wonder Bank of America is losing billions of dollars on mortgages. Obvious common sense is missing in crunching huge databases. They would only refinance to you if you are behind on the payment. Otherwise tons of small clauses would not let you change anything. Here is a sample program that they put on the website [...]
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I had started getting into triathlons this year; and did a sprint (april), 2 olympics (may, june), 1 half ironman (july 10th) and this would be my 5th race (July 31st). Since I did not plan last year. This was the best (or really the only) option to do a full distance race before November. [...]
Objective With the first triathlon season; I progressed from running a sprint to two olympics and then this 70.3 distance race. I wanted to finish and finish strong so I can also gauage my fitness for longer distance events. Getting there Getting to Ocean Shores was tricky from Seattle; For some reason there was a [...]
Olympic Triathlon CheckList v 1.0 – (c) Younus Aftab – Revised – 06/17/2010 Pre-Pack .Charge Garmin .Clean Swim Lenses .Clean Sun Glasses .Laundry of clothes (if needed) Bag Pack General .sun screen .Registration and Directions Print Out .plastic bag for wet clothes ziploc bag .electrical tape for glasses and gel .antiseptic [...]
Olympic was the next logical distance of triathlon for me after the sprint. I was really worried about open water swims since I had really not done them before this season besides the sprint in April. So I decided to attend the wet suit demo day and open water swim clinic on Saturday. That actually [...]
Last week; I was thinking about doing a half marathon. I looked around a little bit and turns out there was one going on this weekend in Bainbridge Island. It suddenly caught my attention. The course was nice yet challenging with some elevation gain (Rolling hills and some steep climbs). I also wanted to go [...]