Slow day at work. I left early and got to the pool just after lunch time. My plan was to finish up my swim, go home and do today's run in the daylight. At the pool I met and shared the lane with a guy named Tyler Lord, who is a professional triathlete. This website is www.tylerlord.com. Before we got started, Tyler offered to look at my stroke and offer advice, which I gladly welcomed. As a foot note, Tyler finished his 2800 meter session much quicker than me.Today was the first day I got to try out my new Christmas presents. My Sable goggles and SwiMP3 player. The goggles worked great, actually better than great. They were awesome. The SwiMP3 didn't work. I spent about 10 minutes playing around with it before I even got started. Then I gave up and swam without them. Ugh!!!
Tyler gave me some great advice and pointers. Overall he thought my stroke and body position looked pretty good. Yes! The recommendations from the workshop are putting me on the right track. He did notice however, that my right arm is going to high in the air and that I'm not pulling hard enough through the catch. Which is true. I'm a little lame on the pull. He also gave me advice on some drills and workout sets I should do. I tried some after he left and my best 100 meters was 1:31, but it hurt.
When I got home I was getting tired and started watching TV. I decided to do my run later as I watched Judge Judy berate people. To get motivated, even though I'm on a diet, I started eating some Christmas chocolates. I had the urge and no will power. I know if I eat them I'll get a stronger resolve to run. I wasn't sure if I was going to do my scheduled 1:20 run or do Sunday's 2:35 long run that I had to abort due to my dehydrated legs. The chocolate pushed me over the edge and I decided to go long. I also wanted to see how my legs felt after a 2:35 long run.
It was a balmy -14 C and decided to do a loop rather than an out and back. The challenge with a loop is trying to predict you'll finish at the right time, not always easy. I ran through downtown Burlington and along Lakeshore Drive. After a while, my glasses fogged up so bad I couldn't see, so I took them off and put them in my pocket. Without my glasses I couldn't see very well and overshot Appleby Road and ended up running an additional 2 km's to Burloak. In doing so, it meant that it was going to take me longer than 2:35 to get home and traffic wise, it was a little more dangerous.
At the 2:19 mark I started to get thirsty. I rarely run with water or nutrition. At that moment there was a Shell gas station in front of me and I ran in and bought a 1 litre Gatorade. It was a good thing that at the last moment before leaving on my run I took $5 with me. I was starting to fade and the Gatorade helped. I chugged it in about 3 sips and the lady behind the counter looked amazed. To get home it ended up taking me fifteen minutes longer than I was scheduled to run.
Overall I felt pretty good. I ran slow and kept my heart rate low. My joints felt great and my muscles didn't start to get a little fatigued until after the 2:35 point, especially my hamstrings down near my knees. When I finished I stretched and that seemed to help. Overall the run felt good and I'm glad I did it. I just wished I was faster.
Now that I've finished my blog post, Alice, Reid and I are going to go to the late showing of the movie "Blind Side". Everyone keeps telling me it's really good.
Long Swim - 1:05:16 / 3000 meters
Long run - 2:50:29 / 31.21 km / 5:28 pace / 138 avg hr
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It's funny now that I'm looking into this whole Triathlon thing I now know who all those 'crazy running people' are that I drive by on the way home from work.
I went by the "Y" in Oakville today, it is on the way home from work and it looks nice. Price is pretty much the same as Goodlife but there is a pool and I love the track! You were right, no hard sell at all, in fact the guy didn't seem to be bothered much to sign me up at all so I said I'd be back next week.
Well done on the run!
SS, cool. If your trying to save a few bucks, the burlington Y is cheaper than and you can use your membership at the Oakville Y up to 10 times a month. I think it's 10, may be more or slightly less. Waterdown is part of burlington group and it too is very nice. Burlington Y is a bit of a dump and the pool is only 25 yards, not meters. Waterdown is meters.
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Glad to see that you recovered from the dehydrated legs! It sounded really nasty.
Those swimming MP3 players seem to be getting a bad rep, I wonder if they actually tested them properly or just threw them out into the marketplace?
Have a great Hogmanay (New Year's Eve)!
Looks like you're back on track - great to see, well done.
Glad to hear that the Sables goggles worked great. For my wife and I, they are the best goggles we ever had.
1:31min/100m is an excellent time, even for 100 meters. I believe that soon you'll be able to keep this pace for a much longer distance, considering how much effort you put in improving your swim.
JM, thanks. I hope the goggles work. All the reviews seem good and I know someone that has them. Maybe I got a dud. I hope so. I'll keep you posted.
S, thanks.
D, goggles are great. Thanks for the recommendation. Now I need a non subscription pair for racing.
You might also want to check out BestBuyEyeglasses.com for an extensive collection of designer sports googles to match your needs and at the best prices possible.
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