The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@SammyC you're a machine. I can't fathom that number of kms. I guess mainly because i don't really enjoy it.
At least when i run i have music playing.
I tried to run with music but I ended up running slowly or stopping because I was too into the music.
Probably something to do with the male brain and muiltitasking
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@mariner4life sharks. You should be thinking of sharks!!
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@Paekakboyz in the pool? or the lake?
to be honest, it's a little unnerving doing any ocean swim here, what with the crocs and the tiger sharks and the complete lack of visibility.
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@mariner4life in the bath even! Jaws got me fucking good!
What about thinking bout form etc? Are your strokes (giggity) as efficient as they could be? I guess that would get old for an endurance swim. Audio book? 😁
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@Paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life in the bath even! Jaws got me fucking good!
What about thinking bout form etc? Are your strokes (giggity) as efficient as they could be? I guess that would get old for an endurance swim. Audio book? 😁
Genuine question. Do they actually have underwater type walkman things? Would be easy enough to insert under a swimming cap.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel yep, heaps on the market.
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel yep, heaps on the market.
Really? Might be worth taking a look. Distraction is nice but won't help the aching shoulders.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel i just forked out for wireless ones for running, i'm not buying another set. Especially because i don't plan to go back to swimming laps ever again after June 9
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel i just forked out for wireless ones for running, i'm not buying another set. Especially because i don't plan to go back to swimming laps ever again after June 9
Plus you’d look like a real homo swimming with a cap
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel i just forked out for wireless ones for running, i'm not buying another set. Especially because i don't plan to go back to swimming laps ever again after June 9
What's on the playlist? Actually I think that was a separate thread here years ago.
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@SammyC said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel i just forked out for wireless ones for running, i'm not buying another set. Especially because i don't plan to go back to swimming laps ever again after June 9
Plus you’d look like a real homo swimming with a cap
rather than just a spastic?
A spastic who is kinda drowning?
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@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@SammyC said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@Rancid-Schnitzel i just forked out for wireless ones for running, i'm not buying another set. Especially because i don't plan to go back to swimming laps ever again after June 9
Plus you’d look like a real homo swimming with a cap
rather than just a spastic?
A spastic who is kinda drowning?
Caps are for girls to keep the hair out of their eyes.
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Get absolutely fucked. The organisers dropped the max temps for wet suits by 2 degrees. Which pretty much runs out wetsuit for Sunday.
I can't swim 1500m in a lake without a wetsuit. I'll sink.
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@mariner4life ?? so if the air temp or water temp is too warm they don't want you suited up? Is that a health and safety thing? Hopefully they still let you wear your floaties
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@Paekakboyz said in The rebuild of M4L and a new challenge:
@mariner4life ?? so if the air temp or water temp is too warm they don't want you suited up? Is that a health and safety thing? Hopefully they still let you wear your floaties
It's a health and safety thing, it's much easier to swim in a wetsuit so if given the opportunity then everyone would wear one.
If the water is too warm then you run the risk of swimmers overheating.
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Just went for a swim to see how i go without any sort of buoyancy aid. The answer is, better than i expected, but still not good enough.
But, i at least left the pool thinking i could do that swim in a month with the right training. That's actually a massive thing for me to be able to say.
I just don't fucking float. I'm doing all the technique things i have been shown, but i just don't float.
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Skipped the tri. Good training week though. 2 good rides, 2 good swims, a gym session, and a good run.
Everything seems to be coming along okay. My bike legs feel strong, my swimming is improving (just want to up my speed a bit without burning too much energy) and I can belt out a 55 min 10km run with little stress, and have my breathing pretty much back to normal in under 2 mins.
Two months to go. Start to ramp up my kms a bit now.
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Good swim! busted out a km in a smidge over 22 minutes, which while slow for most, is quick for me.
Then did 500m with the paddles on which took 13 mins, and i was burning like a mother fucker
two more hundreds to warm down, and it was a 1700m swim in a touch over 40 mins including a couple of rests in between sets.
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@mariner4life Good effort. If I swam 1700m I wouldn't be able to do anything else.