Training advice and ideas
In this blog I will try to demystify what the term Lane Base means for swimmers, and touch on subjects like swimming with a Masters swim group, using a swim pace clock, and a few thoughts on lane etiquette. What is a Masters swimmer? Let me start by defining that a “Masters swimmer”, for those…
Masters Swimming 101 – Pool Etiquette, Do’s and Don’ts The following is a simple list, in no particular order, of the Do’s and Don’ts on how to join in a master’s group swim workout, what the protocols are for swimming in a large group of swimmers, general pool rules for the safety and wellbeing of…
If you’ve found this story online then presumably you have heard something about Masters Swimming, but maybe you really don’t know what it means to be a master’s swimmer. The easiest way to look at it is that anyone that is a swimmer and has graduated from high school is a master’s swimmer, or in…
In preparing for my first Beginners Swim Class at the YMCA last March, I thought I would give a brief talk about who I was, what the goal of the class was, and how I hoped everyone in the class would be able to reach their goals as a swimmer in the short six weeks…
This story has been rewritten many times since I first started it, never with a happy ending, at least not until now. You see I have not enjoyed running, or maybe more succinctly, I have not felt good or strong or fast while running this past year or so; I was starting to think that…
The impetus for this blog, as you may have already guessed, is my dealing with an injury that has affected by ability to train for my first “A” race of the year. I’ve been doing this a long time and have been relatively lucky when it comes to injuries; I’ve had them but have not…
For over 30 years, excluding last year during the drought, the first weekend in May means a road trip to Lake San Antonio and the Wildflower Triathlon festival. With four different races at three different race distances to choose from, sprint(s), Olympic, and Long Course (i.e., almost a Half Ironman and NOT a 70.3 race),…
It has been nearly 25 years since I purchased a new road bike, actually longer, as 25 years ago I only bought a new McMahon titanium frame, stripping all the necessary parts of my older Diamondback Master TG bike that I did buy as a complete bike a few years prior. That’s not to say…
I recently completed the US Masters Swimming Adult Learning to Swim Course, USMS ALTS, at a one day seminar down in Los Angeles. Even though coaching is not my full-time job, or even a part-time profession, I became a USAT Certified Level I Coach ten years ago and a USMS Level I & II Coach…
First off, congratulations on doing an Anaerobic Threshold Heart Rate (AT HR), test, or for having your Coach make you do it! This is the first step in improving your overall fitness and training, but why do you need to know your AT HR? Your AT HR is the maximum average heart rate that you…
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
Applying practical ideas to triathlons to make everyone go faster
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