Some beginner questions: What kind of cross-training do you do? 2. How to find goggle
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s that actually work and do not leave deep rings around the eyes?
My training goes like this at this point:
Mon: run 1 or 2 miles on treadmill
swim 1 hour w/coach
Tues: longer run or other aerobic exercise for about an hour
weight training for about an hour
Wed: same as Monday
Thurs:
same as Tuesday
Friday:
run for an hour
swim (no coach and much less disciplined) about 45 minutes
Sat:
core work for an hour (Pilates)
Sun:
often no time to workout at all, sometimes an hour run or aerobics class
Thanks for your thoughts!
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As I'm new, thought I'd revive an old thread rather than starting one of my own.
I was a serious swimmer from the time I was 7 through high school. I burned out badly in college, dumped swimming and took up mountain biking and beer drinking. I'm now getting back into swimming after 15 years, marriage, 2 kids and baldness.
I run about 20 miles a week and swim maybe 8K yards a week. I alternate swimming and running workout six days a week.
I typically do 5 mile runs at 30-45 sec slower per mile than my 10K pace, one long run on the weekends. I've been mixing in a few track workouts lately as I'm trying to work on speed for 5/10Ks. I've found that swimming has helped me get faster in running as I have better anaerobic strength.
I only swim 2000-2500 when I swim, mostly intervals (500 warmup, 10X100 IM on 1:45 holding 1:18; 10X50 on :50 holding 35 with some kicking is typical). I remember back in highschool, 8-10K/workout was common for me, I can't even conceive of doing that these days...
I'm avoiding triathalons because I don't have time to add a third sport.
Also, Speedo Vanquishers are by far the best google I've ever used. They fit perfectly, are extremely comfortable, don't fall off and last forever. Where were they back when I was a kid? I remember fixing the nosepiece in my (uncomfortable) Swedes with dental floss..good times? Maybe but the goggles sucked.
As I'm new, thought I'd revive an old thread rather than starting one of my own.
I was a serious swimmer from the time I was 7 through high school. I burned out badly in college, dumped swimming and took up mountain biking and beer drinking. I'm now getting back into swimming after 15 years, marriage, 2 kids and baldness.
I run about 20 miles a week and swim maybe 8K yards a week. I alternate swimming and running workout six days a week.
I typically do 5 mile runs at 30-45 sec slower per mile than my 10K pace, one long run on the weekends. I've been mixing in a few track workouts lately as I'm trying to work on speed for 5/10Ks. I've found that swimming has helped me get faster in running as I have better anaerobic strength.
I only swim 2000-2500 when I swim, mostly intervals (500 warmup, 10X100 IM on 1:45 holding 1:18; 10X50 on :50 holding 35 with some kicking is typical). I remember back in highschool, 8-10K/workout was common for me, I can't even conceive of doing that these days...
I'm avoiding triathalons because I don't have time to add a third sport.
Also, Speedo Vanquishers are by far the best google I've ever used. They fit perfectly, are extremely comfortable, don't fall off and last forever. Where were they back when I was a kid? I remember fixing the nosepiece in my (uncomfortable) Swedes with dental floss..good times? Maybe but the goggles sucked.
