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June 9, 2009
I am a technique machine!
Here are my goals for this week.
1. Blog more. Stop slacking! I am a huge blog slacker. I have never been the one entry a day type, but once a week is just stupid! I have so much going on that I can easily write once every two days or so.
2. Work obsessively on swim technique. Every day is a technique day. Now that I have seen my total lack of catch on film I am determined to FIX it.
So far, let's see how we are doing.... well this is the second day in a row I've blogged, so that is awesome! Go Barb!! I think I can continue my streak except for Thursday which will be positively hellish. And on technique, yesterday I swam 3000m and worked on my catch every lap, so that was awesome. Today I swam 3000m again (speed workout!!), and I did it again! I was worried that my form would go to heck if I tried to swim fast but it really didn't. I sacrificed a few seconds to make sure my form was good but I think it's worth it. I actually think that even the swim team coach noticed my improved mechanics, he kept looking at me like 'is this the same girl who is always here and who has busted form?!' That could just be me thinking the world revolves around me though. He was probably just staring off into space.
So far I am loving my new form. It makes me feel way more powerful and now I think that the improvements I can make are less limited. It also makes me feel a bit more smooth in the water, like there is a rhythm to the stroke instead of a flailing about motion. I was also really happy that it hasn't destroyed my speed. It's not like starting over - it's just making improvements. So that is great! I am ready to try it out in open water tomorrow, hopefully I will be moving along pretty quickly now that I have a sweet new wetsuit and an actual catch!
We are still having bizarre weather - it has been cloudy for two days in a row which is unheard of here. We have also been having some severe storms including a few tornadoes on Sunday afternoon (luckily in Boulder we didn't have anything like that, I would have been really worried about having bicycles on my car). I am planning to ride my bicycle for 2 hours and 15 minutes tonight, I am done with the trainer until this winter so hopefully the weather will hold! Luckily it looks like we will break out of this pattern for the weekend, if I have to ride the trainer for 2:15 tonight that is not the end of the world but there is no way I'm riding it for 4 hours this weekend!
I have been obsessively plotting and planning all my training for the week (which I found out this weekend is not abnormal - I guess Beth and Chad both do it too!), and I think I will be in good shape. We are really getting down to the end of my plan for Lifetime which is crazy exciting. When we get into taper time, this nervous energy about 'when will I possibly fit in all this training' comes to and end. I cannot wait to race, I am getting the itch!! Less than two weeks till my first sprint of the year, just over four weeks till Lifetime. It is ON!
Posted by barb at June 9, 2009 10:49 AM
Comments
That is so awesome that you are improving your stroke technique. I have always stuggled with this because just like you said, you don't want to "start over," you just want to make improvements to what you already have-glad you are improving without starting over.
Are you doing the 5430 sprint? Good luck! (I am volunteering so I will cheer you on!)
Posted by: Katie at June 10, 2009 8:59 AM
That is so awesome that you are improving your stroke technique. I have always stuggled with this because just like you said, you don't want to "start over," you just want to make improvements to what you already have-glad you are improving without starting over.
Are you doing the 5430 sprint? Good luck! (I am volunteering so I will cheer you on!)
Posted by: Katie at June 10, 2009 8:59 AM