An iPad in the USVI running off of one's iPhone as a hotspot...is still a bit limiting. I get stuck and can't see or edit the bottom of the page. So I guess I have to be concise? Yeesh.
My laryngitis is fine when I'm in the water. My body is happy with the salt water I guess. But it was rough sleeping last night. I left my terrific herbal throat spray at home and boy, could I use it. I hear some similar dry coughs coming from some of the other Harmony Studios down the hill from us. Well, so that's the rough part.
Other than that--I feel like I'm learning a lot really fast. Of course I'm not able to implement it all immediately, but I "get" more every time I do something like this. I can see how far I was reaching forward...and not in a good way. Elbow extending to the point that you are giving away your power. So Dave Cameron had us working on rotation and the entrance of the arm...hard to explain (especially after a glass of wine). Tomorrow we are going to do some drills with one pointer finger entrance, first and pinky entrance. In the afternoon will be two beat kick. For me, Dave was looking at my video and said my hip rotation timing is fine but my arms are slow...and I think he means my catch/push is late.
We did a two mile or so swim--Whistling Cay--with buddies. So I swam with Sarah. It really helped with paying attention in a different way. I found that, on distances, I barely kick! It's like I am conserving energy and just working the front end! So I practiced using more total movement, kicking up my speed. Why do I disconnect? I guess I'm concerning about maintaining my speed and ease. I felt some left arm tension too. That left arm. I'm not entering the same as the right. Well, there's lots to pay attention to. This year I am sighting less often.
Oh! Dave had us do a great drill this AM. Kick right foot to right breath, left foot to left breath...but when you breathed you were supposed to keep the goggle out eye closed! Well, that was weird. When I breathed left I closed everything, including my mouth, and didn't breathe at all! The idea was alligator sighting. I'm a lot better at it this year even though I haven't spent lots of time on it.
Uh oh--can't see the whole page anymore so I guess I'll stop for now. We missed Dave and Clare, by the way. Back to New Paltz for work I guess. Miss you guys!
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