Lots of talk about open water including, how comfort, how to approach workouts, and length of stroke. More discussion about the feel for water today, and a sidebar into the feel for the bike and run. How often should you use the pull buoy? What about paddles? How to breathe right and fix dead spots in your stroke.
Topics:
- Weather and running and emotions
- Open Water Training
- Integrity of swim workouts in open water
- Comfort in Open Water
- Smaller hands and feel for the water
- Counting strokes
- Timing of turning your head to breathe
- Feeling with your wrist
- Pauses and dead spots
- How to breathe
- Sighting as part of your stroke
- Weight training for swimming
- How often should you use a pull buoy??
- Paddles/pull buoy/mixed with all out 50s
- Plain old genetics
- Find the optimum stroke for your body type
- Feel for the water, bike, and run
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Mike Tarrolly - mike@c26triathlon.com
Robbie Bruce - robbie@c26triathlon.com
