Is that the sea in your sinuses...

[andygates]

Open-water swim followed by a barbie at the literally palatial pad of one of Exeter Tri's chaps today. A good educational (if short) swim in which I discover some useful things, like:

* Much of my OW swim problem comes from all the seawater getting down the back of my nose. If I trump like an heffalump, this doesn't happen and I can concentrate on my stroke (zipperskate, young Jedi).

* It's not just me, it happens to the other OW newbie too and she's a stronger pool swimmer. Seems that seawater cheats and gets in where freshwater doesn't. I wonder why?

* Tri totty. Say no more. well, I could, but this is public. Visions of loveliness.

* You think you're lean? You think you're ripped? You're a soft squishy plush toy. Ripped is when your sixpack is vsible through your wetsuit. He's young and I hate him even if he does tell filthy jokes.

* You are naked without your HRM.

Comments

[skean.livejournal.com]

Mine doesn't preculde operation in saltwater, it just says that it might not work very well, because of the transmission thing.

VTL under a white T-shirt is very amusing. I got asked what cup size I was.

[andygates.livejournal.com]

And what did you answer? Mmm, man-boobs.

Must get a HRM. Next paycheque's toy, I think.

[skean.livejournal.com]

I'm a 40B (up from a 38A when I got married. Happens to all of us)

I've been pretty impressed with the Polar S625x. It does your HR, and more importantly for me, Speed and Distance using a dinky little foot "pod". So far, I'd agree with all the claims they make on their site. Accruate, light, reliable. I haven't used the exercise sets, for doing interval training or staying in HR zone stuff, but the London tri even had a training plan you can download to the Polar series. I started too late to make it worth it. Nice graphs on the PC too, showing how pussy you were.

Only issue I have is I got the optional bike sensor recently, fitted it, and it works...kind of. The range doesn't seem to reach from the sensor on the fork to the handlebars, so I have to ride with one hand down by the front wheel.

[skean.livejournal.com]

Sorted. Polar Helpdesk good. V. useful motivational device. Would recommend, if you don't want GPS for some other reason.

Xeeny and I have a bet to do an Ironman before 40. Want in?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Glad your toy is fixed... a bit pricey for me just now as I've sprung for a new lappy but maybe in the winter season (currently pencilled to be olympic lifting, fell running and velodrome racing, honest).

Ironman? Doesn't appeal other than the fetishistic gold standard. A centruy ride I can do, a marathon would be a hideous reach and the swim is still fabulously off my radar.

But that may change. Excessive exposure to triathletes makes Ironman seem less and less silly. Currrent plan is an Oly - maybe London - next year. Ask me after that.