![]() ![]() Should you have access to open water prior to race day, even if it’s only once, you can do wonders for race-day nerves and ensure your best performance. Plus you can see both halves of the field, race course, upcoming buoys, etc. ![]() ![]() The first thing needed is a smooth, balanced stroke.Ī good, straight body line, balanced stroke and de-emphasized kick best achieved with a symmetrical body role and bilateral breathing, which if you don’t do already is most useful. So before we think about performance in this new environment, let’s just make it doable by planning our training to include the skills necessary for a great race experience. You couldn’t swim a stroke! However, now you’re planning on biting off a couple miles of open water madness. Perhaps, like one of the triathletes I was asked to profile for IRONMAN this year, you came from a background that included no swimming. If you’re like many of us, you came from a running or cycling background and the swim leg is simply the race leg you must endure before transitioning to something you really like. While one would think that a basic formula could be used to calculate how your pool splits translate to open water, the variables under consideration here are almost endless.įirst, think about not having to reverse course every 25 yards. Then consider the effect of buoyancy if you happen to be using a wetsuit or are swimming in salt water, or both. Are there waves, how about a current in your body of water are you satisfactory at drafting? Do your times expand when you switch from indoor short course (25 yards) to indoor long course (50 meters)? If so, it’s likely that your outdoor times will as well. Even more so if swimming efficiency is not your strength.īut let’s take a step back here. ![]()
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