Stacey's macro questions
Hi Rich,
Just started my official IM plan today! In the swim workouts, it specifies sprints and easy (i.e., 25 sprint, 75 easy). How exactly is a "sprint" accomplished while swimming? Faster cadence of your stroke or harder pull or both? I presume little to no kicking regardless of the prescribed intensity??
Thanks!
-Stacey
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Sprint = go pretty fast? Swim faster? Go _that way_ at a rapid turn of speed?
At my swim clinics I tell people that you want to go faster by pulling harder, not necessarily faster. People who think that faster swimming = a faster turnover usually end up taking dramatically more strokes but not really going any faster for the extra effort applied.
The dreaded "injury" post!
After majorly over doing it on the bike three weekends in a row, I've had some persistent pain in my knee while biking. Went to the physical therapist this morning. He thought I had injured the attachment of one of the quads into the knee and was optimistic for a quick recovery. Suggested a couple weeks off the bike, a couple more physical therapy appointments (ultrasound and electrical therapy, deep massage), heat, and plenty of foam roller. That said, it isn't bothered at all by running or swimming. So I now have 3 weeks to focus on running and swimming! Yay!!
I'm currently in wk 11 of the intermediate IM plan. Your suggestions for the next 3 wks are much appreciated!! And then I'm going to have to get back into biking gradually, considering that I will have lost a fair bit of bike fitness in that time. I've already been off the bike 2 weeks since my 70.3. But I understand that I need to get this thing healed up so I certainly don't mind taking the time off. At least the PT didn't think it was anything more serious!!
All you can really do at this point is maybe add a run to your schedule and very, very moderate run volume to your existing runs, as you feel is right for you. That said, I've hesitant to have someone with an injury that's keeping them off the bike to run more/harder instead. If it were me, I'd be very, very cautious, PT like it's my job, and then circle back here when you're done to talk what's next.