Today’s workouts were all about increased drag coefficients; both in my swim and my run. First, the swim. My saga to get a new swimsuit is hopefully coming to a close. I ordered a new suit online about a month ago, however it was backordered. After being promised that it would ship as soon as …
Category Archive: swimming
Sep
28
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Sep
22
2 Down
I swam two miles for the first time tonight. Two, non stop (expect for a goggle malfunction halfway through) miles that is. It is the furthest I have ever swam. I finished in about 1:07. I forgot my watch so I had to just watch the lap clock and I forgot to look at it …
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Sep
09
Working Out Instead of Working
I had the day off from work today for some personal obligations. Well, not totally off, I still took care of some emails and minor projects, but for the most part I was off. Because of this I had some extra time to workout today. I ended up doing two runs today – one in …
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Sep
08
My New Wetsuit Has Arrived!
My new Xterra Vortex 3 wetsuit arrived today. I am very happy to have it for the Reeds Lake Tri this weekend. I tried it on this evening, and it fits like a glove- a very snug glove. The arms are bit long, but according to the Xterra website you can cut them to fit. …
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Aug
28
Bouncing Back
After a couple days of light workouts, I jumped back into the fire today. My last big workout was on Tuesday, and I was really sluggish. My legs just weren’t cooperating on my bike ride. I took the next two days light; a 3 mile run and a 6 mile run. The 3 mile run …
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