Training All Over the Bay Area!

This past weekend was a good example of how our trainings will be all over the Bay Area. On Saturday we had "spinnerval training" and a small ride through the Presidio to practice climbing.... this was in the parking lot of the Sports Basement in the Presidio, about 5 minutes from my house. We were also supposed to get in a 20 minute run at the end of the workout, but Katie and I ended up skipping that due to the after effects of a few spontaneous beers at the Bus Stop on Friday night. On Sunday our workout was at a high school out in Moraga, a small East Bay town about 45 minutes from my house. There we did some core training and a pool workout consisting of water running and drills. We also were individually filmed swimming by Coach Wayne's wife and Coach Wayne then reviewed the tape with us to give us tips on what drills we needed to work on in order to improve our strokes. You can see my video here. I was told my body and head position were good, while my kick was a little wide, my body roll a little flat (basically I am only rolling my upper body, not my lower body), and there is some slight cross over in my hand entry, so I need to make my entry a little wider... in other words, I have plenty to work on over the next 9 months!

Note: For those of you who don't know what spinnerval training is, just think of a spin class, except that you are spinning on your bike placed on a trainer instead of a stationary bike. As for "water running", this consists of simulated running in the deep end of a pool aided by a floatation device (we use a water running belt) that maintains the head above water. It is basically a low impact form of cross training.