For those of you who race in meets, and tri's:
Do you swim all year, or do you take an off season--say one to 3 months--where there is no swimming at all?
Jerrycat
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Yo! I just want to give a shout out to my brother Tom "Milhouse" Bubel. He and I share the same thoughts on the need to take a break once a year. I'm alittle more like Ken Classen there, and his "Dog Days" of summer, than my kid brother. When Tom says he's taking a break, he means it. Like the song, "See you in September". I try to get in 2x a week, just to keep the feel.
There is a huge difference in how you feel when you get back into the saddle, between 2x a week (nothing really hard) for a total of 2 1/2 hours and not getting in at all. But, I think you still get the same 'mental' and physical breaks. I know when I take a month off completely, I feel like how those non-swimmer triathaletes must feel. :-)
And yes, I put on 10 - 15 pounds during the summer. Gives me a goal each and every Fall.
It's September Tom, where have you been?
Joe Bubel
Yo! I just want to give a shout out to my brother Tom "Milhouse" Bubel. He and I share the same thoughts on the need to take a break once a year. I'm alittle more like Ken Classen there, and his "Dog Days" of summer, than my kid brother. When Tom says he's taking a break, he means it. Like the song, "See you in September". I try to get in 2x a week, just to keep the feel.
There is a huge difference in how you feel when you get back into the saddle, between 2x a week (nothing really hard) for a total of 2 1/2 hours and not getting in at all. But, I think you still get the same 'mental' and physical breaks. I know when I take a month off completely, I feel like how those non-swimmer triathaletes must feel. :-)
And yes, I put on 10 - 15 pounds during the summer. Gives me a goal each and every Fall.
It's September Tom, where have you been?
Joe Bubel
