With northern hemisphere’s race season officially underway, I have been seeing a lot of posts from triathletes on how they were surprised at how slow their swim split was in their first race. “I swam so much over the winter and only took 2 min off my time….” “I swim so fast in the pool […]
Open Water Swimming Tips for Triathlons – Issue #71
Posted NewslettersOpen Water Swimming Tips Newsletter I hope you’re having a great start to your September. As I have just competed in the La Jolla Roughwater Swim here in San Diego last weekend, another important point about race strategy and pacing came to my mind. First, at the start, many competitors crowded towards the left side […]