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Slow as Christmas: On a lighter note....
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Sunday, July 03, 2016. On a lighter note. I was talking about how scared I was to get in the water and do a swim. There was a flip side to it that was really funny - the reaction I got when I got out of the water. There was some sort of family gathering at Prouty Beach, not sure what, but they'd rented the shelter for the day. It was still windy and chilly. Most of them wore slacks and jackets. For summer in Vermont within spitting distance of the Canadian border. I'm used to the reaction from training s...
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Slow as Christmas: July 2016
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Sunday, July 03, 2016. On a lighter note. I was talking about how scared I was to get in the water and do a swim. There was a flip side to it that was really funny - the reaction I got when I got out of the water. There was some sort of family gathering at Prouty Beach, not sure what, but they'd rented the shelter for the day. It was still windy and chilly. Most of them wore slacks and jackets. For summer in Vermont within spitting distance of the Canadian border. I'm used to the reaction from training s...
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Slow as Christmas: February 2016
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Monday, February 22, 2016. Very Important Training Partner. Meet my new training partner, Quackers McShadez. He showed up in the mail today. Yes, friends, I'm chomping at the bit to get out in the open water. Yes, I know it's only February. But I figure that in the interests of not getting my fool self killed come spring, having an idea of the temperatures I'll be swimming in might be a good idea. I'll know how far I should be swimming out into the lake at any given time. Lost a dear family friend severa...
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Slow as Christmas: Dramatic Improvement
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Thursday, May 05, 2016. I've been whining about my slow swimming speed on the blog enough to be a bore, I know. So today, I do not whine but talk about a technique that has helped me. Well, two techniques. The first is a technique I learned about reading some Total Immersion discussions. Yes, I know there's a controversy about whether or not these techniques are really all that effective or not, and goodness knows you can't plot a data curve from one point. It's called Patient Lead Hand. Nope Today, my c...
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Slow as Christmas: Disappointing Spring Scream
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Saturday, April 16, 2016. I got in the open water today. Quacker's Water Temperature Report: 50F ( 10C). You know how Han Solo says, "Never tell me the odds? It may have been wiser not to get a water temp before I got in. I think I may have been psyching myself out. Nonetheless, I'm going to say right here that people who call 50F "still okay" (I'm looking at you,. Have a serious problem, and should be restrained for their own protection! So, did I get in? The solution to this? I also like to study thing...
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Slow as Christmas: September 2015
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Wednesday, September 30, 2015. No, I'm not doing drugs. Well, not beyond alcohol and caffeine, but that's socially acceptable and legal in my state. LSD, when discussing athletic events, stands for Long Slow Distance. Generally, it is considered a running term, but it can apply to swimming as well. I love me some LSD. I can just get in the pool and go, zone out on whatever my tiny little mind wants to chew on that day - be it the nature of the universe or how to fund my next Big Swim.*. Then I compare it...
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Slow as Christmas: That's going to play hell with their data
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Saturday, May 28, 2016. That's going to play hell with their data. My work was giving out Microsoft Bands for a fitness tracking thing. I love gadgets, so yeah, I'll take one. It's really kind of a cross between a fitness tracker and a smart watch. Yes, it's utterly useless in terms of swimming or even manually entering swimming activity. However, I did get a little use out my fitness tracker. Confirmed, yes, I sleep light. Also got my resting heart rate. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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