Congrats (S)he-Man!

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Former Member — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:22:03 GMT

Beth, Thank you so much! NO WAY! I am still a sprinter. I just happen to enter distance events. BAH HUMBUG! :):) See you @ a masters practice soon I hope! Still supposed to take another week off from swimming as my yearly rest. :rant3: But after that I hope to see you and swimcat at some masters workouts. I've been running as Landon said to still be active and do different things. He does not want me out of shape in August. Lots of blisters, sweating, and sore thighs are involved. Swimming is sooooo much nicer! I tell you, the first few times I ran 5 miles around Stone Mountain, I felt that it was more difficult than moderately hard workouts with the kids. But it's been a few days and now I'm adjusting. Swimcat, glad you are getting in some pool time even though it's limited. Pilates! Good idea! I will be adding that in as well. My gym offers it. It will be hard for me as I've not done it in a while. Gah! Same here. Trying hard not to overeat. We don't keep any snack food in the house and that helps. Only apples. Apples and running are a terrible way to live. Very boring. :rant3: Hubby held up great. He had his mp3 and PSP to keep him occupied. He said it went by fast b/c he would look for me every time I came around the 5K loop and my escort would give him updates. He was a saint I have to say. He even had my recovery drink for me right after I finished. Rtodd, thank you!

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Former Member — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:11:20 GMT

can u clone him . Ha ha! He'll love hearing that! We'd love to have you join us for lunch or dinner any time we're at a meet together. I hope we're both back competing soon! Let me know your upcoming schedule! Winnie, thank you so much and glad to hear you are going to be visiting in October. You just name the time and place (for practice first - either Dyna or SA), and I'll be there. I love catching up with you! I want to hear all about your outdoor adventures! You'll be fine in OW. I hated it at first until I did enough of them. Now, it's a cakewalk! At least in the lakes. Oceans are a bit more tricky, but it's coming along.

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swimcat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 09:24:00 GMT

Thanks SwimCat! You goin' to any masters practices this week or next? I heard we still have them even with the kids on break. I'm still resting/ recovering . . . for now. . . Although I cheated and went for a jog - big mistake when one has not been running for over a year! :D i will probably go tues, friday sat. monday and thurs. i will do pilates.(getting a little soft), and wed. i will be in north ga. chris jr, gave us 10x50 ez, sprint yesteday and i just got in a 400 warmup straight from PT. :cane:timed swims are great after at least a 1500 warm up. i am just maintaining fitness now, and trying not to overeat. kimmie is doing the practices. btw,how did the hubby hold up at the lake swim?

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WPSWIMS — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:35:11 GMT

Congratulations Kristina. You are amazing. I would love to join you at practice SA or DYNA when I am in Atlanta the last week of October. I will buy you breakfast or lunch after practice. I want to hear all about your swim. I will be happy to be able to swim 800 meters in a triathlon! I am not comfortable in open water.

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swimcat — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 06:07:28 GMT

can u clone him .

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swimr4life — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:29:14 GMT

Kristina!!!! I'm sooo proud of you! I knew you would do well based on how you were smokin at practice. Sprinter my :mooning: , you are now a bonafide distance swimmer girl! No denying it. :bow:

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rtodd — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:06:05 GMT

Really great swim. Gotta ask, what's with the latest avatar?

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Former Member — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:09:16 GMT

congrats...she-man,, way to go. been outta the loop for a while. wow.... i told u , u could do it. :notworthy::groovy::applaud: Thanks SwimCat! You goin' to any masters practices this week or next? I heard we still have them even with the kids on break. I'm still resting/ recovering . . . for now. . . Although I cheated and went for a jog - big mistake when one has not been running for over a year! :D

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Former Member — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:09:42 GMT

(S)he-Man, I just looked at your split times -- almost classic how-to! I'm amazed you had that degree of control over a very long course. Congratulations again! Wow! :applaud: VB Thank you ViveBene. I didn't exactly plan it that way. . . that's sort of how it happened. But it looks good on paper! Here's a link I was just sent usms25kchampionship.blogspot.com/ It's a small blog on the event.

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ViveBene — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:03:24 GMT

The blog is nice. The pictures give one a sense of the lake and the environment. That was some swim! :bow: VB

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swimcat — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:15:08 GMT

congrats...she-man,, way to go. been outta the loop for a while. wow.... i told u , u could do it. :notworthy::groovy::applaud:

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:41:55 GMT

Thanks Stud! When I was told this I did try and change my stroke to use my lats more; however, what I noticed was that my shoulders started to hurt. I guess I'm doing it incorrectly and I also reverted back to my usual stroke as it scared me that my shoulders were hurting almost immediately. I most likely need to get several coaches to look at my stroke. One of my main coaches was against changing my stroke but I did not push the issue. I'll be sure to ask again. Hehe I need to have my coach go over it all again, my shoudler hurt a little either way so I dunno. The new way it seems to be hurtling less deeply in the shoulder...I just think the right shoulder needs a break, period. Pain is not major or constant.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:57:54 GMT

GeeK: Went to my chiro today for some shoulder maintenance and I asked him about your issue. He immediately said "coracobrachialis." Haven't googled it, but my understanding is that it is basically a nerve entrapment somewhere on the nerve pathway from neck down the arm. It would cause the "going to sleep" sensation in your forearms and hands. ART woul definitely help, although could be painful! Sounds fixable! Good luck! Maybe Geek is just laying on that hand for too long before using it? :lmao:

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:55:03 GMT

Stud, I have to admit, I'm still a cream puff at heart. Unlike you, I cannot swim with pain! That must be why they call you Stud! I can neither confirm or deny this. A guy has to have some mystique ya know... ;)

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Allen Stark — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:37:09 GMT

Amazing,congrats:woot::woot::woot:.Are you going to change your name to She/beast.

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Former Member — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:09:29 GMT

Glider, your wife (my chiro) is a saint and miracle worker. I told her that there was NO WAY I could have done that swim had I not started seeing her last year! 'Course, I don't need to tell you how amazing she is! Still working on getting some info for Geek! Thanks Billy. I too got, "What does 25K mean?" Quite a few people are not familiar with kilometers! Allen, I think that swim was the last prerequisite for becoming beast. Sigh. :doh: Stud, I have to admit, I'm still a cream puff at heart. Unlike you, I cannot swim with pain! That must be why they call you Stud! Paul, thank you. Very nice of you to say that. After that ghastly swim, I need no further cajoling to rejoin with the sprinters!

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mctrusty — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:11:15 GMT

Maybe Geek is just laying on that hand for too long before using it? :lmao: l'étranger

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aquageek — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:03:39 GMT

Many thanks, Fort. I'm gonna look into this further.

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The Fortress — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:56:50 GMT

Many thanks. If I took 1 minutes rests every 1500 it would be much better as that is all that is required for sensation to return to my lower arm and hand. My coach doesn't see anything wrong, beats me. Thanks for asking. Maybe I just need to be hooked up to the rack and have everything pulled out a bit. I do have a chiro but haven't been to him since he cured my knee issues and that was before I went on a 10 month distance bender and this issue became more annoying. GeeK: Went to my chiro today for some shoulder maintenance and I asked him about your issue. He immediately said "coracobrachialis." Haven't googled it, but my understanding is that it is basically a nerve entrapment somewhere on the nerve pathway from neck down the arm. It would cause the "going to sleep" sensation in your forearms and hands. ART woul definitely help, although could be painful! Sounds fixable! Good luck!

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ande — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:40:12 GMT

what a tough swim 25k comfort is important I imagine swimmers would be warmer in a B70 since it holds heat all depends on water temp I think the PRO is faster than the FS II tell us more details about your race plus what the lake, winds and waves were like Ande, thank you. Only a couple of people wore the B70. The number #2 finisher had one on but he had some rough chafing going on. I opted for a FSII - comfort over buoyancy. I think I made the right choice as my core was fine for the entire swim. One tiny chafe mark. I was pretty cool temp-wise in a silver one. I heard that once your core goes, you are toast! Hence, the great thing about the B70. But, our coach makes us do hundreds of crunches, so no worries.

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ViveBene — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:51:33 GMT

(S)he-Man, I just looked at your split times -- almost classic how-to! I'm amazed you had that degree of control over a very long course. Congratulations again! Wow! :applaud: VB

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:05:01 GMT

I've switched strokes to use the lats more and it take a while to get used too but it's not hard to get...you'll feel a power surge I think too. Thanks Stud! When I was told this I did try and change my stroke to use my lats more; however, what I noticed was that my shoulders started to hurt. I guess I'm doing it incorrectly and I also reverted back to my usual stroke as it scared me that my shoulders were hurting almost immediately. I most likely need to get several coaches to look at my stroke. One of my main coaches was against changing my stroke but I did not push the issue. I'll be sure to ask again. Linda, yes! I can laugh about that now! Another lap!? It was more of an embracing my inner AVD :rant3: rather than embracing the graciousness of SVDL. Ah well.

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:40:55 GMT

Thank you David and Syd. David, I did not have lat burn. I've been told I'm to work more on swimming with my lats (it's very stupid not to use them). But other parts of my arms DID hurt! I've switched strokes to use the lats more and it take a while to get used too but it's not hard to get...you'll feel a power surge I think too.

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:10:00 GMT

1500 = dead arm? meters or yards? (scy or lcm) i ask because if this is more likely to occur during scy, it might have something to do with your walls (streamline cutting circulation). kristina took feedings every 15 min (i don't swim 1500 anything in 15 min). this is a good strategy to keep hydrated and energized and could break up a longer swim into bits unlikely to produce said undesirable effect. of course, anything less than 10k is typically done sans nutrition.

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Former Member — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:52 GMT

She, After swimming a 25K and having them tell you at the end you still had another lap, you had every right to not be "lady like" at the end. Congrats again