Terry,
I am a 56 year old runner and Ironman triathlete in excellent aerobic shape, very comfortable in the water, but a horribly slow swimmer, consistently placing in the last quartile in long-distance races since I started Triathlon in 2006: …
Dec 1 SUNY 2600 yds
In my last practice, I swam a 1500-yard main set composed of 3 rounds of 4 x 125. My added-up 500 times for the three rounds were 6:49, 6:42 and 6:38. Today I decided …
I received this message from Freddi Woodford requesting a dispensation to attend our Open Water Adventure Feb 1-6 at Eleuthera in the Bahamas and reprint it here to clarify that if you haven’t completed a TI workshop yet have developed …
Nov 25 3000 yards at SUNY
The last two weeks, as I resumed regular pool training after 5 months of lake swimming, I limited myself to 2500 yards – about 45 minutes – per session, to avoid having fatigue compromise …
Jeannie Safer is very likely the most avid TI student of all. Since August 2005, she has taken almost -weekly 1-hour lessons at our New Paltz Swim Studio, during which time we have progressed from basics to skills that …
November 21 I swam a third 2500-yard, single-set practice today. In the past week I had done two versions of 5 x 500, working from 500 down to 10 x 50 on one, and going in the opposite direction …
This clip is a one-minute (approx) promo piece we produced yesterday to include as a trailer on the new Outside the Box DVD. It gives a feel for what we do at our Open Water Adventure in Eleuthera. Shot …
Nov 17 Today I swam the 5 x 500 test set from five days ago in reverse. Here’s how it went.
10 x 50 on :50 (6:52)
5 x 100 on 1:40 (6:52)
4 x 125 on 2:00 …
This fall I extended my usual summer break from pool training, into November, swimming in Lake Awosting until its temperature dropped to a brisk 45 degrees on Oct 31. That was two weeks ago, but I’ve been slow to …
We just finished editing our latest video yesterday. I expect it to release on Dec 1. It’s called Outside the Box and is a guide to open water. As I watched the final edit …