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Went to Wexford last Sunday and within an hour of being there I hit the beach, then Monday I went for a run, got chased by a dog and by Tuesday I had the man flu.
We came back home today and I'm feeling much better so headed out for a run in the lashings of rain, nice 6 miles and the last one was done in 7 mins.
Only problem is my left knee is a little sore and has been for the last week or so, could be to do with the increase in swimming and cycling but I'm fairly sure the foam roller will sort it out.
Back to Wexford on Monday and I'm going to have to come up with different routes as I hate dogs and I've already got one road blocked from me, the one down to Hook lighthouse, I'm sure I wrote about it last summer.
And I'm over the 200 mark in the 1000 mile challenge
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Went swimming tonight, myself and another had the lane to ourselves and after a frustrating start, I have it, 100 meters no breaks I went back to trying every 3 as every 4 strokes felt a tad long. I'm delighted so tomorrow if I can get out is to see how many lenghts I can do. I managed the 100m in 2'36 so that'll be another challenge for me. 0
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Well done. I'm very jealous..Went swimming tonight, myself and another had the lane to ourselves and after a frustrating start, I have it, 100 meters no breaks I went back to trying every 3 as every 4 strokes felt a tad long. I'm delighted so tomorrow if I can get out is to see how many lenghts I can do. I managed the 100m in 2'36 so that'll be another challenge for me.0 -
Hi Woddle, welcome to the dark side
Well done on the swim milestone. 100m. Thats it. Yes you will feel knackered after a length or two as you haven't a rhythm yet, derived from breathing and practice. I was very similar to yourself starting. Had done a couple of marathons, just bought a bike, wasn't afraid of the water but a few mins swimming had me in bits.
What I would recommend with the swimming is obviously lessons, but apart from that just swim. Never mind the watch. The goal initially is to swim the distance. Try and peice those 40 lengths together! You will delighted you did and time won't matter. I used to row which was technical enough, and now I'm understanding the technique of cycling but the technical element of swimming is substantial. Take it one thing at a time until you have a penny drop moment about a particular bit of the stroke, then reniforce it for a whole session. Those pennies build up and are invaluable!
Its a cool sport and you don't have to give up the love of running either. Best of luck with that list and I'll observe with interest
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Cheers shotgunmcos, I headed to the pool again this morning and went a little further again 2x150m, overall close to 1200m but I lost count. I was very tired and my triceps in paticular are very sore. Wacked out on the couch while watching tour de France 0
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Is Bunclody your first??
Sure will be and I can't wait. Just want to enjoy it, no pressure and then give Loughrea good lash.
I've been on holidays in Wexford the last couple of weeks and I've been very lazy, a few sea swims at best.
The pic above is from Carnivan bay and it was taken about 5 mins before I was getting lost at sea.
This is by far my favourite beach, I love the waves and everything about it. Before I got in a man came over and told me that there was some serious under currents and that the coast guard had to rescue 3 people the day before and one had to be flown to hospital. I kind of shrugged it off as I know of the under currents, sure havn't I been coming here the last 5 years, so I grabbed my body board and in I went. I missed the first couple of waves so I justlay on it, facing land but head down and I just let some waves pass under me, it was lovely but then for some reason I looked up and I **** myself, I was the furthest from land I have ever been and with that I threw the body board away and started swimming, I was going nowhere, it was like I was on a treadmill, only swimming. I could then see the man who had warned me beforehand (he must have been looking at me thinking what a plonker ) and he was looking a little bit jumpy (he was involved in the rescue the day before and was more than likely thinking here we go again).
After what felt like a lifetime of swimming I finally caught a wave and it brought me in a bit but still had the same problem of swimming on the spot, caught another wave and that allowed me to swim in a good bit, put my legs down and walked in the rest of the way, I could still feel the undercurrent trying to bring me back but I was now safe.
When I got my breath back I had a chat with the guy who said he was watching for me and he was ready to get the buoy, all he was wating for was for me to raise my hand, what he didn't realise was that I had been screaming like a little girl for him to help me, I actually thought there is no way I'm getting back.
I then told the wife, she had been oblivious. She was digging a hole with the girls with her back to me
I then saw some kids going in and I warned their mother who took them out, I then fled the beach and will not be going back, Baginbun bay (just around the corner) from now on.0 -
Carnivan is the best beach in Ireland, spent many a great summer messing around there. That's one scary account of an undertow! Be warned though, Baginbun was the one with a "current warning" if my memory serves correctly (also Grange had a bit of a reputation for currents- has it eroded though?).Sure will be and I can't wait. Just want to enjoy it, no pressure and then give Loughrea good lash.
I've been on holidays in Wexford the last couple of weeks and I've been very lazy, a few sea swims at best.
The pic above is from Carnivan bay and it was taken about 5 mins before I was getting lost at sea.
This is by far my favourite beach, I love the waves and everything about it. Before I got in a man came over and told me that there was some serious under currents and that the coast guard had to rescue 3 people the day before and one had to be flown to hospital. I kind of shrugged it off as I know of the under currents, sure havn't I been coming here the last 5 years, so I grabbed my body board and in I went. I missed the first couple of waves so I justlay on it, facing land but head down and I just let some waves pass under me, it was lovely but then for some reason I looked up and I **** myself, I was the furthest from land I have ever been and with that I threw the body board away and started swimming, I was going nowhere, it was like I was on a treadmill, only swimming. I could then see the man who had warned me beforehand (he must have been looking at me thinking what a plonker ) and he was looking a little bit jumpy (he was involved in the rescue the day before and was more than likely thinking here we go again).
After what felt like a lifetime of swimming I finally caught a wave and it brought me in a bit but still had the same problem of swimming on the spot, caught another wave and that allowed me to swim in a good bit, put my legs down and walked in the rest of the way, I could still feel the undercurrent trying to bring me back but I was now safe.
When I got my breath back I had a chat with the guy who said he was watching for me and he was ready to get the buoy, all he was wating for was for me to raise my hand, what he didn't realise was that I had been screaming like a little girl for him to help me, I actually thought there is no way I'm getting back.
I then told the wife, she had been oblivious. She was digging a hole with the girls with her back to me
I then saw some kids going in and I warned their mother who took them out, I then fled the beach and will not be going back, Baginbun bay (just around the corner) from now on.0 -
donothoponpop wrote: »Carnivan is the best beach in Ireland, spent many a great summer messing around there. That's one scary account of an undertow! Be warned though, Baginbun was the one with a "current warning" if my memory serves correctly (also Grange had a bit of a reputation for currents- has it eroded though?).
Don't like the grange at all, it's still there though, just about, not too sure about Baginbun and its undertow but There are huge warning signs all over Carnivan it's funny how you only notice after though.
We finished in Sandeel bay which is the nearest to my parents house and that was just fab, we stopped going there because of the flies but if your in the water there's no problem. Heading back down in a couple of weeks. Weather was fantastic aswell, sad to leave the blue skies this morning for the grey of Dublin.
How was France? that's where I'll be next year.0 -
Wow, was there a month ago and saw no signs either (too busy sucking in my gut and eyeballing the beach bunnies:D)Don't like the grange at all, it's still there though, just about, not too sure about Baginbun and its undertow but There are huge warning signs all over Carnivan it's funny how you only notice after though.How was France? that's where I'll be next year.
Great, great place. Got a decent amount of running in despite a liter of red wine a day. Ran off a hangover along Utah Beach in Normandy at 5am, mist all around, magical stuff. Last week suffered running wise as you have to make concessions to the family (it's a holiday after all). No problem for this family guy hero, I suffered like a saint, eased back on the running, eased into more wine and pate;)
You'll have a ball next year!0 -
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I always wonder the same thing, I do the bi lateral as well and then you see the guys in the pros breathing every second stroke. I suppose the main thing is it is vital to be able to breathe on both sides if you are doing sea swims as you will need to breathe away from the waves.
Breathing bi laterally tends to keep you straighter too as you swim
I tend to start off bi-laterally but as I get tired I seem to need more air so I switch to two stroke breathing as I go along. Although I definitely have a better rhythm if I can keep to bi lateral. I breathe to the right when I go to two stroke and i know my left hand pull as I breathe is poor
Don't lose too much sleep about the wave you will be in, more than likely you will be in the slow lane regardless unless you improve dramatically to under 10 minutes
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Its mad how similar our training is at the moment. I did exactly the same today
I had only targeted 14 lenghts having read your log beforehandDon't lose too much sleep about the wave you will be in, more than likely you will be in the slow lane regardless unless you improve dramatically to under 10 minutes no chance, I can manage 50 meters at that pace and then I'm wrecked, hopefully a few 1to 1 lessons will help with speed. 0 -
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Well done on the 500m swim Woddle thats great progress.
What I meant was forget about the watch until you hit a benchmark as its more important to build some base fitness and develop the stroke. Timing the improvement is fun and motivating though.
I looked back over my log last night and it was around the end of 2007 that I got into a pool first and by Jan 2008 I was timing myslef doing 1k in a 20m pool. I know that sense of 'did I do the right number of laps' especially when you get a big pb. I basically had 2 swim sessions to my repatoir at the time. Timed 1k or 5*200m off 5mins. The 200s were basically flat out but definitely contributed to the tumbling 1k pb. I noticed though that my times plateau'd after a few months of this and it wasn't until I started paying attention to technique, move to a bigger pool and join a group, did I start to see more improvements.
To this day I still haven't had a 1-1 lesson
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Monday morning went for a 25 minute run to test the knee, it's been 15 days since my last run. I did 100 slow, 25 fast (count for every right foot hitting the ground). Felt good to get out and knee feels better just a few twinges but I was probably just over aware.
Then up to the swimming pool for 1000 meters but to my surprise I couldn't recreate the 20 lenghts, only managed 13. I did get talking to an American guy who used to be a swim instructor. He just glided effortlessly through the water. He gave me a little bit of advice, my head is up far too high, I had thought I had sorted that out. He told me just to look straight down for now and concentrate on keeping my hips and legs up. He also told me I was over reaching, so fingertip into the water and still push hand forward before pulling down to hip. Really appreciated his help, which leads on to today.
Back into the pool and concentrated alot more on technique, still only managed 10 lenghts in a row. I did however have a PB when at the end I went for a quick 50 meters and managed it in 51 seconds.
This morning I also had an intro to crossfit were I was given a baseline test,
500m on the rower,
40 squats on to a medicine ball,
30 full sit ups
20 push ups
10 pull ups
Before I started he told me that first timers normally do between 8-12 mins so under 8 was my target
Hit the rower hard and finished in and around 1'30, flew through the squats, suffered through the sit ups was wrecked doing the push ups and now saw time slipping away, going on to the pull ups at around 7'50 and then they just killed me. Did the first 3 ok and then it was breaks and then just 1 ata time.
Finished in 9'09.
Really enjoyed it though and after doing it I know I want to have a higher level of overall fitness.
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Gave the bike a miss as I had to get the 20 in a row done so back up to the pool this evening and warmed up with some 200 meters, then I had a crack at my 50 meter pb from this morning and I did it in 49 seconds
I did the 500 meters in 12'22 so I didn't miscount the last time even though I was a minute slower as my arms were fceked from earlier.0 -
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Serious doms yesterday and feeling slightly better today. If I was to decribe the doms in my abs it's like somebody put a shoe box under my skin, spent alot of the day on the couch, my wife was not too happy even less so when I set the alarm for 6'50am for the 7'30 swim
So this morning 1450 meters and I managed 500 meters in 11'30 and that was with very sore arms, so I reckon I should be aiming under 11 mins for Sunday.0 -
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