Friday, June 18, 2010

Learn how to kick to be a good swimmer.

Friday morning: Swam 4,200 yards this morning, mostly all freestyle. 168 laps. A good solid swim. I read recently some blog about a guy who is doing a 10k swim at Morse reservoir in Indy....made me realize I need to be putting in more yardage. There was a new guy at the pool this morning, thin as a rail, non-swimmer. He got in the lane with the 300lb woman rather than my lane. Fine with me. I had to comment to him at one point about his kick...it was as fast as a humming bird's wings but produced no forward propulsion. All it did was force his heart rate up, and he would stop in the middle of the pool gasping for air. I tried to describe what he needed to do, but it didn't seem to help much; he continued to kick as if he was trying to rapidly fling something off his big toe. I couldn't watch after a while.

Thursday: Rest day, slept in, felt great.

Wednesday: Ran 10 miles. I experienced a fair amount of left hip pain on this one. A sure sign of dead shoes. Or overuse. Or hip dysplasia, like an old dog. I'm going to buy another pair of shoes and worry about my hips when I'm older - as surely they'll need to be replaced someday.

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