I’ve had a rather enjoyable weekend training. If you are in the UK you might know that the weather has been pretty awesome recently and that we now have a weekend with a public holiday. My first visit to the lake was yesterday and it was actually quite warm. Bizarrely so (physics). My first visit…
Wednesday night was the club swim night. This post summarises some unscientific glances at everyone’s wrists over the last few weeks on those Wednesdays and the post presents an aggregate view of ‘sports watches worn’. Lane 6 is the faster lane with lanes 5/6 having some national-standard swimmers/triathletes. Swimmers in Lane 1 would be in…
Polar’s M600 is one of the few wrist-based oHR devices that will ‘properly’ support HR when swimming. By that I mean that there is a swimming mode AND the optical HR works in that mode. Other watches, such as the Garmin 235 (optical HR), have optical HR DISabled in swim mode. Of course it’s possible…
This week is an easy week for me. So what does that mean? Yep, you guessed it LOTS of really HARD re-tests. Sigh. But even more days off as well ! 🙂 After a hard January all the work seems to be paying off. Thursday night marked my first swim with the rather pretty Polar A360…
Here is a first attempt at a chart for top SPORTS and ACTIVITY tracking apps. It’s based on the number of reviews on Google Play Store (Android). Notes about this are covered at the end, at least you have a handy link which may prove more useful than the accuracy of the ‘stats’ ! Android App…
I had a good year I guess with my tri. Not quite finished the season yet. Had a nice reliance on Zone3 Aspire wetsuits (and even a pair of Zone3 goggles!!). The wetsuits were really great. Got some good PBs in. I’ve worn mine at least once weekly and I only have one tiny and…
Here’s my own personal take on whether or not swimming will help your efforts to a faster 5k. Or for that matter how much your swim training will better your other tri-related sports if instead you are training for more than just 5k. Or you might be injured and worried about getting worse at 5k…
Work on your technique for run and bike as well as your swim – do it every week
