Aqua Jogging is my hell.
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jmruns430 posted 2 years ago.
When recovering from a marathon season with a stress fracture in my foot, I was aqua jogging for ~ 7 weeks straight. Determined not to lose my fitness, I mostly just sucked it up and eventually got used to it. I found a website with a wonderful 10 week aqua jogging schedule for advanced runners designed to keep their endurance and fitness up, with a little fiddling and following the intervals, I did it and managed to do quite well. The shorter the intervals, the more preoccupied you can be with starting and stopping. Other than that I asked my pool to put on a good radio station in the mornings when I was in.
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
Get a bunch of your buddies over and have a pool party. We used to get 5 or more guys going in a circle and get a little whirlpool going. Then switch directions.
By yourself, it DOES suck, and I feel your pain. I was limited to pool running for half my mileage last year. Friends make it more bearable. They dont even have to be in as good of shape as you, as aqua jogging is sort of a neutralizer. In HS, we mixed JV and varsity guys who would normally never run together.
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PetetheCanuck posted 2 years ago.
I'm about to hit the pool here shortly for some aqua jogging myself LOL
Luckily the pool plays some decent music over the speakers which makes the time go by.
Do you still have the link for that website?
cheers :)
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Tri Hard posted 2 years ago.
I've been thinking of incorporating some aqua jogging into my routine. Any key things to think about (other than the obvious: jog in water) or remember?
Thanks
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Triguy98 posted 2 years ago.
Get a belt or some aqua socks. Belt is better due to it correcting your body positioning. Aqua socks if no belt so you dont tear up the bottoms of your feet.
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Tribro posted 2 years ago.
Lance just posted an article here on Water running. Some basic principles:
http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/triathlon-training/water-running-cross-training-to-increase-your-speed-strength-and-stamina-001313.php
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beads1985 posted 2 years ago.
The music idea is pretty good. If they don't have good music playing get a waterproof/swimproof mp3 player.
Also you might want to schedule you swim jogging time when there is a cute lifeguard to flirt with.
When I was doing my lunchtime swims last year, I was in one lane and the other lanes had some older retiree's. There were a couple of cute lifeguards I got to talk to. Got me motivated to go to the pool. :D
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vollenda posted 2 years ago.
Does anyone do a mix of regular running/aqua running on a regular basis? I need to ramp up my runs for Vineman in August but I'm not sure my knees will be happy about that. Maybe I could do a combo of the two? When you do finally get to road running, do your legs/feet complain a lot?
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PetetheCanuck posted 2 years ago.
tribro wrote:
Lance just posted an article here on Water running. Some basic principles:
http://www.trifuel.com/triathlon/triathlon-training/water-running-cross-training-to-increase-your-speed-strength-and-stamina-001313.php
Nice thanks Tribro!!
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Yes, I know that is good for me, in fact in the past it has gotten me through a season successfully with almost no road running. I recently started it again due to a minor ankle injury. But man it is the most boring, mind numbing activity EVER. It is like pulling teeth to get in a half hour, and I may have to do some longer sessions soon. My question is, any ideas to pass the time, I already do intervals to help pass the time, but I was just wondering if anyone had any experience, with some good ways to make it less miserable, thanks guys- Bigmatt