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Hey GP, sorry to hear about that, man. If I'm not mistaken, it should be done in deep water with no ground impact.
BoilerTom90 knows a bunch about it. You may want to send him a private message.
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Quote from staypuff on 3/18/2007 at 6:28 PM:
I just found out are gym has belts for deep water runign and was thinking of using as a cross trianing workout bu have no idea how to start anyone use itstella
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My YMCA doesn't have a deep pool.
How deep? 5ft should be sufficient for someone your height to use a belt and have a zero impact workout.
The Pfitzinger link is good. Aquajogger also has a "handbook" online: http://www.aquajogger.com/blog/?page_id=128
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Hi -- I'm currently in a boot due to a broken metatarsal, and have been exclusively pool running since Nov. 4. My coach strongly nixed doing intervals nearly every day (per Pfitzinger), and instead wants me to replicate my weekly running schedule in the pool as exactly as I can (obviously, no hill workouts right now).
What I can tell you so far is that I've lost some strength in my glutes and calves, but my aerobic fitness seems to be holding up -- my resting HR is about 42 when I'm at peak fitness, and it's been hovering around 44-45 the past week. I don't feel like I'm working that hard during my easy pool runs (the intervals and tempos are a different story), but I am regularly surprised by how much I apparently sweat in the pool (I've lost up to 4 pounds - about 3% of my body weight -- after a 3 hour easy pool run).
As for depth, I am only 5'4", and yet I've found that 5 feet is not deep enough for me. Even with a belt, when I'm jogging my chin grazes the water, and my toes will brush bottom in 5 feet.
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You might benefit from a little more buoyancy via an extension to your belt. Typical guidance is a pool depth 6 - 9 inches less than your height, with use of additional flotation will make it work dependent on body type.
I'm a bit confused -- by "extension to the belt", do you mean "more than one belt". I'm really not sure how I would do that. I'm not tall enough to two buckled one above the other (even the smallest ones bridge the length from my pelvis to the middle of my ribs. as for buckling one on top of the other -- my arms would end up sticking straight out to the side.
I'm a bit confused -- by "extension to the belt", do you mean "more than one belt".
http://www.aquajogger.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;ITEM?ItemCode=AP160&company=001
Also, different brands of belt provide different amounts of flotation.
Ah. Not enough room for those. I wear my own belt (made by aquajogger) and have also tried a few other types at the pool. In each case, the foam part of the belt wraps around me enough that there is no space for anything additional.
Not a big deal -- I've got a wide selection of pools with aqua jogging lanes that are 6+ feet deep , so I'm fine anyway.
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How on earth can you bear 3 hour pool runs? You're made of sterner stuff than I am. The boredom just kills me. 90 minutes is the longest I've been able to stand the pool.
I was thinking the same thing. 3 hours???
I only do 3 hours every other week. Key tricks:
1) I do them in a very nice pool that has a 50m lane reserved for pool running. So each "lap" takes about 8-10 minutes. Surprising what a difference that makes
2) I have a waterproof case for my ipod Nano -- so I have podcasts, music, and radio.
3) I coordinate with friends (my coach has many of his runners supplement with pool running). Usually, I'm able to schedule company for at least 2 of those 3 hours.
...just wandered over here,
but since
I've been poolrunning for 14-months now,
here
is some general info if anyone is interested
http://coolrunningboomers.pbworks.com/w/page/28134117/tomwhite's-intro-to-poolrunning
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So if Feb training for Boston, I tend to fracture things. 2008 IFx 4th metatarsal mid feb, and Pool trained and cross trained hard and was able to run a 3:19 Boston marathon with no injuries afterwards.( I had run 3:16 the year before without injuries) My first run on land was the week before the marathon.
2010 Fx 2nd Metatarsal Mid Feb, pool ran ect and ran 3:14 at Boston no injuries after..
This year stress fracture in Tibia... yup, doing the pool running thing again...
As boring as it is pool running really does work well.. Havent done it yet this year, but one of the pools has beachballs for use... I recall kicking a beachball up and down the pool lane for over an hour... at least it changed it up a bit..
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Dumb question, but I'd rather learn from someone else's painful mistakes: what do you wear, running shorts or swim shorts? Are there even chafing issues to avoid?
I don't mind looking [more] stupid, climbing out of the pool in running shorts, if it means no grievously-chafed bits.
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