Swim

• 40m
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Lesson with DD. He was excited about my improvement at Pigman on Sunday, compared to Racine a few weeks ago. However, we figure that Pigman may have been shorter if you compare David Thompson's times at Racine and Pigman. Regardless, a big improvement. This morning we focused on the kick. I could barely move down the lane while kicking with a board - got tired very quickly. We went over what parts of the leg should be doing the work and which parts should be relaxed. My kick needs a LOT of work this winter. Also spent some time on arm position on the recovery. Man, a lot of things to think about.

Bike

• 2h 25m 36s
• 56.00 miles
• 23.08 Mi/hr

Run

• 1h 31m 48s
• 13.10 miles
• 07m /Mi

4:37:04; 17th overall and a new HIM PR by 27 seconds on a tougher course than Racine with a conscious decision not to dig deep this close to IM WI

Swim

• 36m 18s
• 2309.71 yards
• 01m 34s /100 yards

Swim

• 50m
• 600.00 yards
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Lesson with DD. Focused on elbow position, keeping leg axis more horizontal and kicking up and down (versus sideways or diagonally)while rotating upper body, shoulder position on recovery to reduce drag, and keeping the fingers on my right hand tight together (I tend to have the R hand open and didn't realize it - reduces effectiveness of pull when open). Ended with 4 timed 50 meters:

Last week
48.28
49.53
50.47
53.44
avg 50.43

This week:
46.78
46.15
47.32
48.28
average 47.13
Improvement 3.30 seconds - an eternity!!!




Was going to do a run tonight but I have very little energy due to this bug I picked up. Instead, Vickie and I walked the 3 dogs for a while. Then, I changed out the seat on the Felt DA. The stock seat was too wide and cushiony at the nose (the "boys" didn't like that). I put on the ass-hatchet Fizik Arione Tri seat I bought on sale last winter. Less is more. With the silver panels on the back portion it looks AWESOME on the bike compared to the all-black seat that came with the bike. Now I have to switch out the 11-23 cassette from my training wheel to the Zipp 808s and give the bike a wash. Heading down to Iowa's Pigman HIM tomorrow morning.

Bike

• 1h 07m 50s
• 21.70 miles
• 19.19 Mi/hr

Steady ride.

Swim

• 32m
• 1450.00 yards
• 02m 12s /100 yards

Feeling some kind of mild flu bug today. Blah. Short swim to focus on pull before tomorrow morning's lesson with DD.

Run

• 35m
• 3.99 miles
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Easy run prior to swim

Swim

• 55m
• 2538.00 yards
• 02m 10s /100 yards

Tired. Perch Lake OWS. Swam without wetsuit. Focused on pull, not very fast. Ugh