Iron Pol

 
SWW 04/11/2008
 

When I was younger, most of my brother's friends were fairly crass.  One of those was a girl who went by the same name as the title of this post.  I'll leave the rest up to you.  Like I said, my brother's friends were a bit rough around the edges.

This morning, this term took on new meaning as I had a banner day in the pool.  The day started with a time trial for a "warm-up."  The goal?  See how fast I can do 1000 yards straight out of the blocks.  Apparently, better than ever.  I completed the time trial in 19:39, a full 10 seconds faster than my previous best time.  After that, I joined the dolphins in the fast lane for some 50s and 100s.  While I couldn't keep up, I was able to swim the 50s in 48 seconds, and the 100s in 1:48.

Apparently, I was either catching water well or I was particularly "slippery."  Either way, it felt good to have such a fast morning of swimming.  And to maintain the pace we did for the speed intervals AFTER the time trial was a good boost to the morale.

After a couple fast days, I'll try and put down some serious yardage, tomorrow.  Sunday will be a long run of around 17 miles as we head into the final month before the Green Bay Marathon.

Have a great weekend of training!

Finally, a big thanks to everyone who has been stopping by in the past few weeks.  The first ten days of March were a huge PR for the website.  I appreciate every single reader that stops by and hope you find some useful things while you are here.  If you're new, make sure you check out the Tri Blog Community page, and let me know if your site needs to be added.

 


Comments

Molly

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:35:55

It took me a minute to get it, even with the picture! I think it is pretty funny, I guess that makes me crass too...my nickname in HS was Tipsy :)
Great swim. I am getting back in the pool tomorrow!
Have a great long run!
Take Care!

 

Bob

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:02:48

 

Bob

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:05:51

It took me a while to get that as well. Glad you had a nice swim, my guess is you are catching better, to me that seems to be the key to improved times. Catch and body position. Have a nice long run in this lovely weather we are having. This is the end though right?

 

triguyjt

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:55:52

 

triguyjt

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:58:54

man are you ever the dolphin..

took me awhile to get it.. too...

funny nickname!!!

 

Dave M

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:17:55

I read this post during the day today and just now got "SWW". Har har!! Wait, does this mean you're fishing for a new nickname?

Nice tight new design, Iron Pol!

 

Rural Girl

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:45:39

Congratulations on the youth tri club! Um, and no, I have no suggestions for the top header. I am WAY techno challenged!

 

John K

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:01:20

Hmmm, I don't get it, but please don't explain it to me. I'll feel dumber. :)

 



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