Monday, March 14, 2011

Sore

What is with the soreness today? Let me examine the previous workouts from the last several days.
3/10Thursday Travel day, scheduled no swim day. I swam the previous 5 days, typical lame workouts, but at USC, and I was thinking of returning to competition at the Caltech Sprint Pentathlon on Sunday, but I timed lane 6 and swam later that afternoon.
3/11 1500 swim, 6km erg
3/12 30 min erg including 2km test 8:03, swim down 1500
3/13 2500 swim only
3/14 1000 swim, 30 min erg. It took at least 15 minutes before I started to feel comfortable, but I did finish at 6.1km

I guess I could have a case of DOMS, Delayed Onset Of Muscle Soreness, but it does not appear to be the case. I only erged twice, maybe 3 times while at USC. Their ergs are crap. It is the only thing that I can think of except I may be experiencing some sort of weirdness with the time change.

I am looking forward to the USMS conference on the issue of Open Water Safety. There are many experts scheduled to speak on various issues, including various dangers, different open water environments, hazard prevention and monitoring of competitors. Experts include competitors, race directors, open water safety specialists, including representatives from the San Diego Lifeguard Service and Los Angeles County Fire, Lifeguard Division. I think there is also representation from the triathlon world. Cris Brewster, the President Emeritus of United States Lifesaving Association, will also be addressing the conference. I think the conference will be dedicated to Fran Crippen, and it is also an honor to see that Maddy Crippen, Frans mother and founder of the Fran Crippen Foundation, will be a guest. The conference is addressing all the issues that I spoke of in my emails to USMS after the tragedies at Whiskeytown Lake in September.
Steve Muntones, the race director of many open water swims and the ultimate authority of open water swimming has mentioned in his blog that there were 15 deaths in the open water swims last season. Too many unnecessary and perhaps preventable deaths in our sport we love. I am happy the issue is being discussed in this forum.

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