(S)he-Man was the top female finisher at the 25K championship. Congrats!
"The winning time was 5:39.09 by Richard Kramer, 42, of Illinois Masters. The first female to complete the race was Kristina Ulveling, 35, of Georgia Masters, who swam the 25K in 6:25.25"
www.usms.org/features.php
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... ;)
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:
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.
(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.
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
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:
