Woah… what a powerful video!

Whenever I change workouts it leaves me pretty sore too, at least you had a rest day 😀 Love the quiche, it looks delicious 😀

Amazing and certainly inspirational video!

Those who are new to swimming often rely a good deal on their quadriceps and hamstrings for stability because they aren’t “flat” enough in the water – e.g. they have their head/shoudlers too high and hips too low. Try to make sure you keep your head down, look at the bottom of the pool, and press down with your sternum. When breathing, think about keeping one goggle in the water and one out – this will prevent you from lifting your head while breathing, which is a common error. A good drill for keeping your head in line is streamline squeeze. I can explain it if you are interested.

Another source of fatigue in leg muscles is pushing off the walls; each pushoff is like a jump-squat.

I worked at a cafe in college and we used the wet napkin in microwave to reheat quiche. Totally forgot about that.

That quiche looks yummy!

HAHAHA @ that kitty and pitbull video! I am obsessed with cute videos like that.

If you like funny baby videos then you gotta watch this one, it’s my all-time favorite. Whenever I watch it, I can’t help but laugh.

http://youtu.be/S39JV8LfAzM (sorry I’m still kinda dumb with stuff like knowing how to make a link, haha)

I can’t load the video at work, but have you seen the Katie Makkai video for her “Pretty” poetry slam? It actually inspired my very first blog post – it was so incredibly moving!

That last video just proves that cats think they are royalty! Pure awesomeness!

I think Victoria is right (#15). Make sure you are keeping your whole spine in a line and not lifting your head OUT of the water as you breathe. The one goggle eye trick is also good.

I’m not a triathlete, but I am a swimmer. I typically do around 6 kicks by the time each of my arms have stroked (so about 3 per arm). I’m wondering if you doing one GIANT kick at the end of two strokes is contributing to your leg soreness, as opposed to doing many smaller kicks. You should be kicking from the hip, not the knee.

That cat is hillarious! SO cute. Made me smile 🙂

Holy Sh*t that was a powerful performance! I was tearing up by the end.

I’m in love with your lunch salad! Looks perfect!!!

I used to be a swim instructor, and have completed an Olympic triathlon, and I would recommend doing a bit more kicking than it sounds like you are. Your kick is the most important thing to keep you floating, and is what will provide all the speed. When you kick too slowly, your hips will sink and you will become much less aerodynamic, and will have to work harder to swim (This will also make it more difficult to breathe). Try doing 1 lap just kicking, and then 1 lap just arms. You will be much more tired after just using your arms! Of course, you don’t want to go all out with your legs in the swim, but you need to have a good steady kick, otherwise you will go much slower and end up working harder. I would recommend experimenting with your kick- try kicking faster, bigger leg movements etc. and see which seems to get you through 1 lap in the most efficient way. I found that in the triathlon the swim was so short compared to the rest of it that it did not really make a difference to my legs overall. The swim only took around half an hour, whereas the bike took three times that long and the run took twice that long! Saying you shouldn’t use your legs too much in the swim is kind of like saying you shouldn’t peddle too hard in the bike! Sure, you need to pace yourself, but you also want to keep up a decent pace.

I make your cornbread recipe all the time. How did you prepare w/ the spinach instead of broccoli? Did you sautee the spinach before mixing w/ the eggs? Or you used it uncooked before baking it?? I want to try with spinach next time I make!!

Umm, that first pic of the flowers and butterflies is absolutely BREATH-TAKING. Like, my jaw literally dropped, and I said “WOW.” Nice work. 🙂 And, I loved the song in that animal video- really took it up a few notches. Aha.

I didn’t have the wherewithal to watch the poetry slam….but I found enough motivation to watch the cat. And I’m a theatre major.

I’m not sorry. The kittie video was pure comedic gold.

I’m blaming you for my recent potato & ketchup obsession! 🙂

That’s how I felt the day after my last swim! Whilst I was swimming/immediately right after, the soreness was not there but come the next day, I really felt the burn. Sweet pains, eh!