Swim/Bike

Today was a swim workout with a bike clinic afterwards. It was the first day back in the water for both of us. It was great to get back in, BUT for me, Matt, it was a rough day. I almost threw up during one of the drills. I'll tell you why. As Erin will be the first to tell you, i am a horrible kicker. I just don't have the strength in my legs to kick correctly to equal the strength in my pull with my arms. So when i'm swimming in races or doing laps i mainly just pull and every once in a while kick to keep my body level. That being said, during kick drills, when i can't use my arms, i use a lot of energy, and my heart rate gets really high. Today it got really high and i almost threw up. It just means that I have something to focus on this season.

After we got out of the pool we ran a bike clinic. I was with one of our coaches, Rudy, running a pace line clinic. For those who don't know what a pace line is, it's when a group of riders are 1"-12" from each other, in order to draft, and trade off every 10-30 seconds who's leading. Why did we do this, when you can't draft in a triathlon? It lets us do group rides, safer, and further then if every ride was on their own.

Erin helped the beginner riders get comfortable shifting. Which I'm super proud of, because she didn't know how to do that 9 months ago. She's made amazing advancements in her riding, and it brings a smile to my face every time i see her in the saddle!

After the workout we had a speaker talk to use about recovery. While somethings i agreed with, others were very out there, and as a whole she lost my interest when she said this "The key to good sleep is to have 0 electronics in your room. Electro Magnetic Radiation will not let you get a good nights sleep." She went on to talk very strongly about gause meters and how electricians don't wire things correctly, blah blah blah. She was talking as though it was cold hard fact, not as a theory and it lost me, and about 90% of the team. We'll see how that goes.

It's started

So training has started for the SF/Marin Summer Tri Team. So far so good! Erin and I have missed a few workouts because Erin graduated from COLLEGE! I'm so proud of her, and then we celebrated the next week in Vegas.

What we have gone to has been great. There has been really good turn out, and the coaches are great. A lot of new faces and coaching styles make for a fun start to the season. It's nice to get a fresh perspective on training, and i feel like this is going to be a great season.

So far all i've been to is running workouts, but that will change on Sunday when we will be doing a swim then a bike clinic. We still have to get Erin's pedals put back on after Hawaii! Tomorrow is a captains run through the presidio. I'm leading the large group, we'll go out for about an hour, run up to the Golden Gate Bridge and around the presidio. It'll be a shorter distance as we are staying in a low aerobic level to build fitness.

It's nice to be starting a season right off of a season. I already have a good base and will just add to it. This is going to be a good season.

Now we're looking for our first donor! It could be you! Rather, it SHOULD be you! That's lifetime bragging rights. Once we fix a little issue with Erin's page we'll have our team page back up and running. If you want to wait till then, thats ok, but i'm sure i'll post again about it. For now, if you want to donate use the box to the right, and click DONATE NOW!

thanks for all your support and GO TEAM!!