July 2009 – Coachdshen.com

Total Immersion Swimming with Shinji Takeuchi

Posted on July 17, 2009 by dshen

Today I went to my first lesson with Coach Shinji Takeuchi, who runs Total Swimming West (TI Swim West). I was getting kind of frustrated with my swimming in that I was improving, but I did not have consistent improvement nor did I have a good sense of what I should be improving. Shinji was[…]

IM CDA: Recovery +11 Days

Posted on July 2, 2009 by dshen

It’s been 11 days after IM CDA. Recovery seems to be coming along. +7 days: Biked for the first time on computrainer, fast one leg spinning. Spinning fast was tough at first and then loosened up. Definitely a bit more effort required than normal to maintain speed. +8 days: First swim, only 1000 yards. Swam[…]