Fat Kid’s Ironman Fitness Blog

Don’t call it a breakthrough… yet.

So, I’ve have some sort of a developing injury in my foot… no worries, it gives me a good reason to focus on my swimming. No more excuses. So I’ve been thinking more about my slow (albeit easy) swim stroke, and a couple of concepts have been bouncing around in my head lately… so I’ve been doing some experimenting… and I think I might have found something out about my swim stroke.

Is it possible that I’m cheating myself? Is it possible that my slow speed is the result of something small that would be simple to change? Hmmm….

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Swim 0.67 hours

Workout:

• Type: Swim
• Date: 04/26/2007
• Total Time: 00:40:12.00
• Distance: 1,609.34 m

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Oh no… My foot feels funny.

The good news is that this is a recovery week, so I’m taking advantage of it and focusing on activities which should be low impact: swimming, strength training, and low-effort cycling… uh… me, low effort cycling?!
Now the question is, what is going on with my foot?

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Flexibility 0.13 hours

Workout:

• Type: Flexibility
• Date: 04/25/2007
• Total Time: 00:07:48.00

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Cycle 2.40 hours

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 04/25/2007
• Total Time: 2:24:00.00
• Distance: 36 miles

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Swim 0.75 hours

Workout:

• Type: Swim
• Date: 04/24/2007
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00
• Distance: 1,810.51 m

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Strength Training 0.25 hours

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 04/24/2007
• Total Time: 00:15:00.00

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Flexibility 0.13 hours

Workout:

• Type: Flexibility
• Date: 04/24/2007
• Total Time: 00:07:48.00

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Cycle 0.67 hours

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 04/24/2007
• Total Time: 00:40:12.00
• Distance: 8 miles

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Strength Training 1.50 hours

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 04/22/2007
• Total Time: 1:30:00.00

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