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That is awesome! Way to go!

I don't have to deal with my partner snacking late at night, fortunately. But when I have the late night munchies, I try a) brushing and flossing, as others have mentioned, or b) chewing some gum. It makes your mouth feels like it's doing something, and frankly wears my jaw muscles out to the point I don't feel like eating…

I showed it my son, who immediately noted the guy would be disqualified for not doing a legal fly. (That's what I get for showing it to a kid on the swim team, five days before State Championships.) PS. Brrrr!!

I only just heard about yoga with Adriene today. It looks really good! Think I'll bookmark it and give it a try.

I'm a big fan of yogadownload.com. They have a lot of free 20 minute videos, or you can get a membership and stream or download everything they offer. (Some days I only have 20 minutes, but I try to find time for 45-60 minutes a couple of times a week, if possible) I'm a big fan of Jackie Casal Mahrou and Christen Bakken…

Whoa! Great job getting rid of that beer belly!

I have no expertise in this matter. However, a few months back (based on some advice Macstraw gave on another thread), I started rolling my torso much more than I was before, almost sort of exaggerating my shoulder rolls. I don't work on holding my legs perfectly flat but I don't try to roll them. I rarely get in the water…

I'd like to swim 80 miles (basically maintaining what I did last year). But I want to start swimming longer sessions. And go 1.5 miles at least once a month. And take some lessons with a coach, so I can drop some time off my stroke (especially since I have a half-mile open water swim planned in September, and would like to…

What Macstraw said -- the people who are working out are focused on themselves. The ones who are just having fun are focusing on themselves. Anybody who's not very adept in the water is focusing on not drowning. No one will pay any attention to you.

I would feel naked without my swimsuit.

Swam a mile today. Still not used to the chlorine -- really made my eyes burn during the first 10 laps, then I seemed to get used to it. I'd planned on going a little longer, but cut it short for various reason. Still, it's great to be back in the water!

Hooray!! Back in the water today after 29 days away from the pool. The chlorine nearly killed me -- I guess the outdoor summer pools + open water swimming got me used to lower levels. I did my usual 40 laps (1.14 miles), doing the first half as freestyle, then the second half as various strokes and drills, for 51 minutes…

The good news is, I've found out that my ear is fine, no infection or anything, so I can return to the water (hooray!). The bad news: my ear pain is caused by a damaged root in one of my teeth. So I'm having a root canal this week. Doh! Well, at least I can get back in the water soon. It's been almost three weeks!

I've been out of the water for 14 days now, since finishing my half-mile open water race. My right ear has been giving me quite a bit of pain lately, but it's apparently not swimmer's ear (as antibiotic drops haven't helped). I'm going to the doctor today to get some more advice. (I've had a crown put in recently, and the…

As you'll swim more, you'll find yourself swimming longer distances without realizing the progress you made. Keep a log of your laps or your time -- it's nice to look back and see how far you've come! I nearly always swim 40 laps (2000 yards, or 1.14 miles) whenever I get in the pool. A year ago, I was usually swimming 25…

PS. As an afterthought, I should perhaps add that my son was the one who originally wanted to do the open water swim. He'd been curious about them for a while, and when we say a flyer for them at Age Groups this summer, he was keen to sign up. It was only after a few minutes that I thought "Hey, wait a minute -- I could do…

Yes, I think that's more or less what I figured out how to do: raise your eyes forward quickly, get a quick sighting and go on swimming before you mess your stroke up too much. On my two open water practice swims (with more wind/current than we had on race day), I found that I really floundered quite a bit off course if I…

Fixed it! That was far more work than I'd wanted it to be. I can't seem to suppress the photo's title (IMG_whatever by kermyta), but that's fine.

Arrgh!! Flickr has changed the way they embed photo links. I'll see if I can get this fixed so the photos appear properly.

Had my final half mile open water practice today. (The Tallchief Open Water Challenge is a week from today!) There was enough wind to make the water somewhat choppy, and to make a current you could definitely feel when swimming out. But I did my half mile in 23:14, which I'm very please with. (My son's time was 19:50,…

I'm curious ... but a little confused. I clicked on the "overall body health" fitness goal and it seems I have two choices: beginner (less than 1200 yards per workout) or intermediate/advanced (more than 3000 yards per workout). I typically swim 2000 yards per workout. If I select beginner, and I expected to cut my workout…

I definitely wouldn't be getting in the water with hippos and crocs! Only things in this lake are fairly small fish. I can handle sharing the water with them.

Today, my son and I went for our first half mile open water swim, at a lake in a national park about an hour from our house. (We visited this lake many times in June and July, but hadn't ever tried to swim across it, except with the whole family, in inner tubes.) I estimated the distance across the lake using a rather…

I love swimming. I love walking and hiking. I love biking. I enjoy lifting weights. I adore yoga. I try to mix all five of those up, but in the summer it's been mostly swimming (2 - 4 times a week), yoga (3 - 5 times a week) and weekend hikes (usually on Sundays). The outdoor pool is about to close, and eventually it will…

Last night I swam with the optical goggles for the first time. It was awesome!! I could read the signs at the pool, and see every crack or chip on the pool's bottom! And I can clearly see all the way across the pool, from one side to the other! Some of you probably take that for granted, but I'm really myopic so this was a…

Funnily enough, I just ordered two pairs, two days ago. I have really poor vision (-8.5 and -11.5), and I couldn't buy higher than -8, but hopefully that will be enough to help me see the buoy in the open water event I'm doing next month. (And yet not weak enough to give me headaches.) I knew these things existed, but I…

I've been vegetarian more than half my life (nearly 23 years now). Oddly, since joining MFP I have upped my intake of eggs and dairy quite a bit (trying to increase my protein intake). My son (age 9) is vegetarian as well (though he's not on MFP 8-).

Zerryz, thanks for the advice! I haven't been able to get in any open swimming practice yet (parts or all of the family have been on vacation the whole month so far). On two weekends before the event, my son and I will be able to swim in a nearby lake (about an hour away). It looks, from the maps, that we'll need to cross…

Holly, that's awesome about your swim! I think my event is small enough that they just do two age groups: kids and adults. (Last year it looks like they split it by USAS swimmers and non-team affiliated swimmers. Which basically amounts to the same thing.) So I'm in no danger of medaling! Previous years there have been…

That is awesome! Just curious -- what exactly did you do to drop your time so much? I can swim a half mile in just under 23, a mile in about 47. Never occurred to me (until reading your post just now) that I could, possibly, reduce that. Not anywhere near what you can do, but maybe 40 min?