Beat knows & new distance record: 3.3 km Swimming
Today I went to Beat to discuss training issues I experienced while pushing the training for the Ironman. Beat is the shopowner of Santa Monica:
http://www.santamonica.ch/ and I think also founder of erox: http://www.eroxswiss.com/. Despite that, he is a great guy having huge experience for Ironman-Training. Anyone in the triathlone scene in Zürich/ Switzerland knows him. On top he really has the right equipment in his store. We discussed four points:
1.Freezing while on long biking tours
* Beat asked me for my clothing and explained I should change my combination. New layers:
1. net-shirt
2. Frottee/Terry-Fleece
3. New breathing active windstopper jacket for biker.
2. Biking shoes feel uncomfortable while being on the road more than 2 hours
maybe they are too small. due to the long distances the feet start swallowing after a while - for short periods then the foot feels numb and squashed. We will examin this in 2 weeks. Beat needs to have a look at my shoes.
3. Running Shoes
Maybe I need new ones. we will examine them also in two weeks.
4. Nutrition I wonder why I don^t loose any gram weight - although I train like a dog. Beat suggested to hide the scale and only look in the mirrow to see if everything is okay. He said: muscles weight twice than fat and right now I am replacing a lot of fat with muscles. :-( Good and bad - since I have to carry the muscles arround in the competition.
* Kieselerde
During Long swimming sessions I experience sometimes shoulder "adjustment-pains". So I think "Kieselerde" might help. Beat said, maybe I should rest a day or plan for "recovery" training sessions.
* Additionally Beat recommended stuff called "basic balance" from "Sponser". It is a "basic mineral salt" composition. It tastes like dishwater. No joke. It^s medicine- nothing more.
* At the same time Beat said: while training for the Ironman: no milk, but soya and no yoghurt and no cheese! Man, this will be really tough for me.
In the evening I swam 3.3 km - wich is a new swimming distance record for me. 65 turns. Meanwhile I get used to flip turns. :- )
Here an example I found on youtube:
It really helps to look at the knees while turning.
Stay strong folks, the next season is approaching fast!!!
the free radical
Nice Blog!
ReplyDeleteI had alot of pain while first building up my endurance from couch potato to triathlete. This went on for two years. I had hip pain from running, and shoulder pain from swimming.
It does take a long time for your body to build strong joints. Much, much longer than for the muscles. So, your muscles may feel like you can go out and run 10 miles, but maybe your joints don't want to.
I never ran or swam two days in a row. If the pain went away by my next run or swim workout, I didn't worry about it. I figured it was a good pain indicated normal breakdown and buildup process of getting stronger. If the pain persisted longer than two days, then I would 1) ease off on the training and 2) analyze my technique to see if there's something I was doing wrong to cause the pain.
Basically, listen to your body.
Now, I rarely have nagging pain that persists longer than a day.
Happy workouts! Carol
Hi Carol, thanks for your comment. There is a saying: "Pain is weakness leaving the body." When such agony strikes I repeat this over and over.
ReplyDeletekeep on competing, One Free Radical
Hi,
ReplyDeletevielen Dank für das Video. Das ist wirklich gut und zeigt sehr schön die Rollwende. Das werde ich gleich weiternutzen!
Viel Spass beim Training und in der Vorbereitung auf den Sommer. Wie ich gesehen habe werden wir uns wohl in Rapperswil und in Zürich "treffen".
Gruss aus Lausanne!