Neighborhood Swim/Bike: 700ft of climbing, 7miles, 1mile swim

I’ve been waiting to do this workout since I started training. The club pool is just up the hill from us,

a 3 minute drive. There are also literally miles of trails and backroads within a half mile of my front door, but

between my front door and the trails is a steep mile of climbing. The workout I’ve been waiting to do is to bike to the club,

swim a mile at the club, and then bike back.

So today, I did it! I’m stoked. The climbing wasn’t too bad and certainly better than the first time I tried

cycling up the hill a month ago. We’ve been having rain in the bay area, so the pool was empty for most of

the mile swim.

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Sep 13 2009

1.5 Miles in the Pool

I did my first mile and half pool workout. A big part of swimming is developing an efficient gliding stroke. That is, for each stroke actually riding the glide. It’s pretty exciting because I’m getting there. The 2600 yard workout isn’t killing me either!

To see what a gliding stroke looks like, check out Michael Phelps’ stroke. See how one arm is always out in front of him, lengthening his body, allowing him to glide.

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Sep 13 2009

Labor Day training in Lake Tahoe

We spent the Labor Day holiday at Camp Jameson Beach in South Lake Tahoe with three other families from the neighborhood.

In addition to much ch

Lake Tahoe, while not as salty or rough as the San Francisco Bay, is cold enough to warrant a wet suit when swimming long distances. I loved swimming in the Lake. The water is clear with a coarse sandy bottom. Swimming in the wet-suit made me more buoyant, so each pull/stroke when a little farther, but the also decreased my shoulder rotation, so I had to really focus on my form to make sure I didn’t get sloppy and inefficient. This was my first mile swim in the open water this season and it was epic.

The roads around the lake were also pretty epic for road biking. From Camp Jameson, it was a 5 mile up hill ride to Emerald Bay. Again, the lack of granny-gear (a small chainring (gear) that makes going up-hill easier) made this a real workout. Well worth it!

I’ve only got four weeks left to reach my fundraising goal and I’m only 35% of the way there.

Please consider donating today!

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Sep 13 2009

Swim.Bike.Run - The Flyer

Here’s the flyer I’m sending to all my friends and family who prefer snail mail to email.Want to help? Feel free to download and print a version for yourself. Share it with a friend. Take it home.
Put it up at work, at your place of worship, your WFCaffe, on your car.

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Aug 30 2009

Saturday Workout | Forty Minutes of Hills | 45 minute TSwim | Swim Analysis

Today was a Run/Swim Brick, but all in all a great workout. We ran two hill loops near Campolindo, ~ 20 minutes each. As always I started out creaky, but once I loosened up I could really enjoy the run. We swam yards upon yards waiting to be video-taped to analyze our stroke, swim technique. It was pretty sweet. Once I saw the video, I could pretty quickly note that I need to work on my body rotation, and not lift my head when I breathe.

Let’s not forget why I’m doing this. I’m raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help fight blood cancers.

I’m only 13% of the way to my goal and have 6 weeks left! Please consider making a contribution to help.

http://pages.teamintraining.org/sf/Marine09/jcozzatti

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Aug 29 2009

1400 yards, next up Level 2, ~ 2000 yards

I swam 1400 yards today. During my next swim workout I’m going to do the Level II workout which means ~2000 yards. My first workout where I swim more than a mile.

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Aug 29 2009