Iron Pol

 
 

At the Spirit of Racine half-IM, Mr. Iron Wil made several of us feel like rock stars.  He was all over the course taking pictures of his wife, and went above and beyond by providing pictures such as the one on the left.  These are the type of pictures triathletes long for because they are difficult to find.  It is an amazing shot, it was sent directly to me, and it was at full resolution.

And it somehow manages to make me look like I know what I'm doing in the water.  That is no small feat.  Perhaps that is because it's actually just AFTER I exited the water.  And it's a still photo.

This morning was the first swim of the 30-day swim focus Bigun and I will be completing.  My goal was to get a relatively big swim on the books while providing a baseline for gauging improvement.  Though I generally use a thousand yard time trial, I used a 2053 yard swim, this morning.  My average pace came out to 2:14/100 yards.  Though better than last year, I still consider that a relatively low bar.

As in "Nobody is getting under this limbo bar, so don't even try" low.

Today's swim reminded me of the room for improvement when in comes to swimming.  Because triathlon is about more than just cool photos.  It's about cool photos that hide the fact that the just completed swim nearly killed me.

 


Comments

bigun

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:13:57

I'm with ya, brother - I was painfully slow today, as the early morining old guy sped by me time and time again. I'm not even sure about the 12 min / 500m - I know I was there for one of them...I don't swim with a watch, so there's a lot of guess work involved. I'll start breaking the timer out after a couple of swims to see where I'm really at. The real test will be at day 32 or so, for a good TT, and compare that to good swims from last season. Better be waaaaaay better...or I'm coming for ya....HA!

 

Wendy

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 07:11:56

IP, because it isn't my off season, I can't join you guys in the 30 swims/30 days effort ... but what I can do is commit to swimming or dryland 6/7 days a week for November.

And last night's workout? Let me just say, I feel my triceps this morning!

 

fe-lady

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:08:52

I have gone back and forth thru the years with swim toys and "just goggles"- now I LOVE my zoomer fins and speedo paddles! Kickboard drills for me keep my butt in shape! (literally!) Gotta have the toys to get thru longer workouts anymore!

 



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