Posts Tagged ‘swam’
Author: The Dragonfly Swimmer Published: June 8th, 2011
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Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Strength |
Total |
| Total Time |
2 hrs |
11 hrs |
4 hrs |
1 hr |
18 hrs |
| Total Distance |
4,500m |
200 miles |
29 miles |
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It’s been 2 weeks since I update my blog. Slacking, I know. But the move has turned out to be much more difficult than I expected, so I just haven’t had the time. BUT, I have more or less continued with my training without too much impact.
Monday – Day off. Moving in day…
Tuesday – I went to my “new” gym and did 3,200. It was good just to be back working out again since I had 2 unintended days off. I wanted to ride that night, but the unpacking was killing me.
Wednesday – 1 Hour run around the Esplanade here in Boston. Pancake flat and I managed to maintain a pace at just over 7:00. I felt really good, actually. Maybe the few days off did me good. That night I got on the bike for an hour and spun while staring at the Charles River from my window.
Thursday – I swam 3,200 again at the new gym and then got on the trainer for an hour.
Friday – Morning brick workout to make up for the ride I missed the night before. So I rode for 1.5 hours and ran for 30 minutes.
Saturday – This was the cornerstone of this week’s workout. I did 94 miles in the Berkshires and ended up climbing about 10,500 feet. It was brutal. The first 30 miles had me climbing almost 6,000 feet – it took me 3 hours… to go 30 miles! I was not feel particularly fast. But there some absolutely ridiculous hills on this route. At one point, there was a mile stretch where I had to stand in my 32 gear in order to power enough momentum just to keep moving. There was no way I was moving sitting on the saddle. It was so steep that my rear wheel kept losing traction. This was a normal paved road and I kept skidding. After that hill, I had a little break before climbing to the top of Greylock Mountain. It was a great ride up through the woods. Long, but not too unpleasant. The next set of hills came around mile 60. It was steep, but not awful… but the ride down truly was awful. A narrow road full of potholes and covered in dirt and gravel… all remnants of a brutal New England winter. I amde it down, but I had to go slow and I lost a water bottle while going over some bumps.
Sunday – 2:40 run. I started off the first 6 miles going around 7:30/mi and was feeling pretty darn good, but as the run went on, my legs were feeling the ride from the day before. I really wanted to go 20 miles, but I finished my loop at 18 and just didn’t have it in me to continue.
This upcoming week is my last hard week and then it’s all about tapering. Do I feel ready? I am not feeling good about my swim – I just haven’t done enough and simply not enough open water swimming. But I am feeling very good about my bike and run. The ride I did this past weekend was much harder than what we’ll face in Nice and I felt great at the end… so, I am good there. I am hoping to get out for an open water swim in the ocean this upcoming weekend. If I can get 2.4 miles in ocean under my belt, I will feel a whole lot better.
Ok. Tired. Must sleep.
Tags: 30 minutes, Berkshires, Bike Run Strength, blog, Boston, boston pancake, brick, brutal new england, bumps, Charles River, climbing, climbing to the top, cornerstone, esplanade, few days, Friday morning, gravel, great ride, Greylock Mountain, Horse jumping obstacles, Hospitality Recreation, Hour run, hrs total distance, little break, Mile, mile stretch, momentum, Morning brick workout, narrow road, New England, new gym, normal paved road, ocean, open water, open water swim, Open water swimming, pace, Pancake, past weekend, potholes, rear wheel, ridiculous hills, Slacking, staring, swam, swim bike run, time 2, Total Time, training, training log, triathlon, unintended, unpacking, upcoming weekend, update, water bottle, Weekly Training Log, wheel, workout
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Author: The Dragonfly Swimmer Published: May 22nd, 2011
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Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Strength |
Total |
| Total Time |
3 hrs |
10.5 hrs |
3.5 hrs |
1 hr |
18 hrs |
| Total Distance |
5,400m |
190 miles |
26 miles |
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This was my heaviest week so far – 18 hours of training. I missed about 30 minutes of running, so I guess it could have been worse, but I had some blister issues that I had to let settle down. But this was my second to last heavy week… a recovery week coming up and then one last hard one after we move to Boston. Oh yeah – we move to Boston next weekend.
Monday – Morning strength session with Olivier was fairly relaxed as I was still recovering from the half-ironman last weekend. That night, I jumped on the trainer for :45 to start working the tightness out of the legs.
Tuesday – Morning swim with the group. Nothing major to note – I did 2,900. Tuesday night was 50 minutes on the trainer. After, I finally biked up my bike from the shop – it needed repairs from when I broke my cable during the race the previous weekend. It also turns out a screw had fallen out of my rear dropouts which is why I struggled to keep my real wheel aligned. That’s now fixed. Phew.
Wednesday – I decided to move my long run from the weekend to a mid-week run. Ryan and I did 18 miles through Umstead – it would have been fine, but about 9 miles into it, the blister on my right foot that had formed during the race on Saturday decided to get bigger and then explode. Wow, did that hurt. So, the rest of the run was extremely painful. By the end, my sock was covered in blood and the top of my shoe was bright red. Ouch.
Thursday – Morning swim with the group – swam 2,900. Took the evening off.
Friday – Because I missed the evening bike ride on Thursday, I got up super early and was on the trainer by 5:15 and rode it for 2.5 hours. I then swam for 30 minutes at lunch.
Saturday – Long ride. 113 miles in 5:57. No land speed records, but it was 19mph average. It was a memorable ride for a lot of reasons. First, it was the longest ride of my life. Second, it went far enough out of town that we were just on completely empty, very smooth roads riding through the hills of NC. But the best part came about halfway where we stopped to pee … and a big black dog came out to greet us. His big tail was wagging and his ears were back, so we knew he was safe. So we said goodbye and started to ride off… and then the dog was in the grass running next to us. We were soon going 21mph and the dog was STILL next to us. After a mile, he got distracted by something in woods and darted off to chase something. 10 seconds later – he was back next to us. For 2 miles, he was running by our side – over 20mph the entire time. It was really crazy. Seriously – not sure why I was so taken by this, but I can’t stop telling people about it.
Sunday – Since I did my long run on Wednesday, this was only an hour for me. I ran 8 miles from my house.
Tags: 26 miles, 30 minutes, big black dog, big tail, bike ride, Bike Run Strength, blister, blister issues, Boston, bright red, cable, crazy, Cycling, dropouts, ears, empty, entire time, evening bike ride. , grass, group, half ironman, Hospitality Recreation, hr 18 hrs, hrs 10, Ironman 70.3, land speed records, legs, long ride, long run, longest ride, lunch, memorable ride, Mile, Monday morning, Morning strength session, morning swim, North Carolina, Oh yeah, ouch, painful, previous weekend, real wheel, rear dropouts, repairs, right foot, Ryan, safe, screw, Shoe, smooth roads, Sock, Sports, swam, swim bike run, Thursday morning, time 3, Total Distance, Total Time, training, training log, triathlon, tuesday morning, Tuesday night, umstead, weekend, Weekly Training Log, wheel, Workweek and weekend
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Author: The Dragonfly Swimmer Published: May 1st, 2011
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Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Strength |
Total |
| Total Time |
1.5 hrs |
4.5 hrs |
3 hrs |
.5 hr |
9.5hrs |
| Total Distance |
3,800m |
80 miles |
24 miles |
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This was a recovery week and it’s safe to say that I didn’t go above and beyond what the plan suggested. We were travelling up in Boston for the week to look for apartments and I then I was in Cincinnati on Thursday which meant my training schedule was completely off. But I was able to get at least one workout in a day, so I can’t really complain too much… I definitely didn’t lose ground.
Monday – Day Off.
Tuesday – I rode for an hour on a stationary bike and then ran for 15 minutes on the treadmill. Nothing more to say than that. It was ridiculously hot and my clothes were disgusting – it was an unventilated basement workout room.
Wednesday – Ran around the esplanade in Boston for 8 miles in the morning and it was so nice. I just focused on running and didn’t do any speed workout or anything.
Thursday – Another hour on a stationary bike (this time in Cincinnati). Boring. Sweaty.
Friday – Finally back home! Friday morning I got in the pool for the first time that week (not good!) and did 2,200m. In the afternoon, I ran 45 minutesin Umstead – it was an awful, painful run. I don’t think I ever have a good run in the evening; probably because I have been sitting all day at work and my legs are ridiculously tight.
Saturday – Long brick workout day. We went 2:30 (50 miles) on the bike a followed by an 8-mile run. The bike was awesome. I actually felt like I was able to keep up with Ryan… he still beat me, but there were plenty of sections where I was able to properly draft. Towards the end of the ride, there are 4 large hills that we climb and for 2 of them, I destroyed Ryan. I mean, really destroyed him. I drafted him up to the point where the hill started and then I jumped off the saddle and pumped as hard as humanly possible. I got to the top, pushed for about a hundred yards and the jumped off the saddle again for the next hill. By the time I got to the top, I was about a minute ahead of Ryan and promptly filled my mouth with vomit… then spit it out. I red-lined it, but damnit it was worth it.
Sunday – We ran 10 miles of single track through Umstead. These were some new trails for me, most of which were covered in pine needles, which made the run very soft and easy. Still lots of sections where we were dealing with big rocks and roots, but overall not a very technical run which was nice. In the afternoon, Mary Lynn and I went to Sandling Beach at Falls Lake about 20 minutes from our house. We spent some time playing paddle ball and soaking in the southern culture… including large women in all-to-small Conferderate flag bikinis. One woman in particular decided to avoid tan lines on her back and removed her top. Unfortunately, she forgot not to look up – Mary Lynn and I got an eyeful of sagging nip. Not good. So I promptly got in the very very cold water and swam a mile.
Next week is a tough week and potentially a trip out to the mountains for a long ride. We’ll see!
Tags: 10 miles, 15 minutes, all-to-small conferderate flag, apartments, basement, big rocks, Bike Run Strength, boring, Boston, brick, cincinnati, clothes, cold water, Cycling, damnit, disgusting, esplanade, Falls Lake, Friday morning, good run, Hospitality Recreation, hrs .5 hr, large hills, large women, legs, Long brick workout, long ride, Mary Lynn, Mile, Mile run world record progression, minutesin umstead, new trails, paddle ball, painful, Physical exercise, pine needles, pool, room, Ryan, safe, Sandling, Sandling Beach, single track, southern culture, speed workout, spit, sport, Stationary bicycle, stationary bike, swam, sweaty, swim bike run, tan lines, technical run, Time 1.5 hrs, training log, training schedule, treadmill, trip, unventilated basement workout, vomit, Weekly Training Log, workout, workout room
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Author: The Dragonfly Swimmer Published: March 20th, 2011
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Swim |
Bike |
Run |
Strength |
Total |
| Total Time |
3.25 hrs |
4.25 hrs |
4.25 hrs |
1.75 hr |
13.5 hrs |
| Total Distance |
5,000 m |
75 miles |
27 miles |
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This wasn’t technically a recovery week, but it was clearly less intense compared to last week. I worked plenty hard during the week, but the weekend workouts were reasonable and not too taxing on the body, so I feel pretty good right now. The hard part about this week was simply the residual exhaustion left over from last week… I really struggled through the first several days – I would say it took until Thursday until I felt normal.
Here is what I ended up doing:
Monday – Strength workout with Olivier
Tuesday – Swam just over 3,000 meters in the morning with the group and then jumped on the bike trainer that night for an hour Spinerval workout that night.
Wednesday – Ran 50 minutes with 10x1minute hill sprints in the morning – a brutal workout, but it’s my favorite. I later jumped on the trainer again for another hour Spinerval workout – can’t wait to be able to ride outside during the week!
Thursday – Swam just under 3,000 meters in the morning with the group and then again jumped on the bike trainer that night for 1:30…
Friday – Ran for 50 minutes in Umstead in the morning and then did 2,400 meter swim time trial that night (plus warmup and cool down)
Saturday – The plan called for a 1:45 / :45 brick workout. I ended up doing it all on my own, which is fine. I felt REALLY good on the bike portion of it. Ryan said two things to me last week that I have been focusing on… he said that I don’t seem to be pushing in a high enough gear and that I need to make sure to really pull up through my dead spot in my cycle stroke as my feet pass 6 o’clock with each rotation. I did that and soon realized that I can really only pull through (and feel it) if I am in a gear that’s high enough. So, I was able to address both things at once and I THINK it worked. My watch, for whatever reason, didn’t store my route, so I really have no idea. But I know these hills very well and how I normally feel – I felt like I was actually going fast on all of them on Saturday. The clear indicator was that I could stay down in my aerobars for many of the hills and only pop up on the biggies. My run felt great. I ran 50 minutes at a 7:25 pace and there was a monstrous .75 mile hill in the middle of it.
Sunday – I ran hard with Ryan and Olivier through Umstead on what’s affectionately called “Ze Big Loop” (as the French would say). It’s 9.4 miles on the most hilly sections of smooth dirt trails of Umstead. Long story short, Olivier decided he was going to take off like a bat out of hell, so Ryan and I could only try to catch up. The first mile is down hill, so that was fine, but we soon started climbing for almost a mile and Olivier was cruising at something faster than 6:30… because that’s what I was going with Ryan and we were not catching up. But things soon flattened out and I pulled ahead of Ryan and started the task of catching up to Olivier. My next several miles were all averaging about 6:30-6:45 minutes miles, so I was going very fast for me and was starting to gain ground on the little Frenchie. We started hitting the rolling hills and I FINALLY caught up to him at about mile 7. Ryan was about 3-minutes back at that point. Olivier pulled ahead of me again and I ended up finishing about 30 seconds behind him. Average pace for the entire 9.4 miles was 7:00 on the dot. I really felt awesome and am not entirely sure why. I have been tinkering a lot with my nutrition lately and this week’s test was using a new electrolyte drink before my workouts and I am really liking its effect on me. I going to give it a few more weeks to make sure it’s not a fluke, but so far so good.
.. and now we start week 11. Time is flying! But I am really starting to feel like I could complete an Ironman today if I had to. I wouldn’t finish anywhere near the time I want, but I am starting to feel my confidence grow.
Tags: aerobars, Average pace, Big Loop, bike portion, Bike Run Strength, bike trainer, brick, brick workout, brutal workout, clear indicator, climbing, Cycling, dead spot, dirt, electrolyte, entire 9.4 miles, exhaustion, favorite, Felt, fine, finishing, focusing, group, high enough, high enough gear, hill sprints, hills, hilly sections, Hospitality Recreation, hr 13.5 hrs, little frenchie, Long story, meter, Mile, minutes, minutes miles, monstrous .75 mile, new electrolyte drink, o clock, o'clock, olivier, Olivier Tuesday, Physical exercise, pretty good, reasonable, residual exhaustion, rolling hills, Ryan, smooth dirt trails, Spinerval workout, sport, strength workout, stroke, swam, swim bike run, time 3, Time 3.25 hrs, time trial, training log, umstead, United States, warmup, weekend, Weekly Training Log, Wine tasting descriptors, workouts
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Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 28th, 2011
Swimming a very long event such as the 35km English Channel is an incredible physical undertaking but it is also extremely tough mentally. The sheer distances, the hard training, the loneliness of the event and the cold water create considerable challenges for any swimmer. How do long distance swimmers cope? This fascinating article written by Professors Greg Whyte and Andy Lane explains and gives you some of their techniques that you can use in your own training and racing, whatever the distances and environment:
www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You may know Prof. Whyte as comedian
David Walliam's coach when he swam the English Channel. He was also one of Paul Newsome's exercise physiologists at Bath University on the British Triathlon Team.
Also this week we bring exciting news of the launch of a new UK based open water swimming magazine:
H2Open. We've written some articles for the new magazine and are very impressed with the list of contributors - it will be a fantastic read. If you've largely been a pool-based swimmer to date we know you'll find the new magazine a great inspiration for training and racing in the great outdoors!
Find out more about the magazine here:
www.h2openmagazine.comAnd subscribe here (UK or international):
www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats to Simon Griffiths and his team on the launch!
Swim Smooth!
Tags: andy lane, Bath University, British Triathlon Team.Also, coach, cold water, comedian, comedian david walliam, considerable challenges, David Walliam, david walliams, encyc, English Channel, exciting news, exercise physiologists, explains, fantastic read, fascinating article, great inspiration, great outdoors, Greg, Greg Whyte, hard training, Hospitality Recreation, incredible physical undertaking, international www, launch, loneliness, long distance, Long Distance Swimming, long event, Magazine, Magazine Launch, mental toughness, new magazine, new uk, newsome, open water, Open water swimming, Paul Newsome, physical undertaking, pool-based swimmer, pponline, Professors Greg Whyte, racing, sheer distances, simon griffiths, Sports, swam, Swim Smooth, swimmer, Swimming, swimming coach, SwimSmooth.com, training, triathlon, triathlon team, United Kingdom, Water Sports, www.escosubs.co.uk/h2open/index.aspCongrats, www.h2openmagazine.comAnd, www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/david-walliams-endurance-swimming-coach-reveals-all-39465You
Category Swimming |
Author: Paul Published: January 21st, 2011
This week on the blog we're going to do something slightly different and look at the stroke of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong. Some of you may already have seen the clip of Lance's stroke that appeared on YouTube about ten days ago. The video was taken whilst he swam in the ocean in Kona, Hawaii, the venue for the Ironman World Championship.
We know many triathletes are extremely excited at the possibility of Lance racing in Kona this October, so we thought we'd critique the clip, highlight the strengths of how he swims and maybe even provide a few pointers to tweak up his stroke a little.
Paul Newsome runs his analysis here:
Swim Smooth!
Tags: 60 minutes, analysis, blog, champion lance armstrong, critique, Cycling, france, france champion, Hawaii, Ironman World Championship, Ironman World Championship.We, Kona, kona hawaii, Lance Armstrong, little.paul newsome, newsome, ocean, Paul Newsome, Performance-enhancing drugs, pointers, racing, seven-time tour, Sports, stroke, swam, SwimSmooth.com, time tour, Tour de France, triathletes, v=v-pgq-gpmnkswim smooth, venue, World Championship, www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-pgQ-gpmNkSwim, YouTube
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