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TRIATHLON SWIMMING FROM SCRATCH
By Glen Gore
It’s official. The swim is the most daunting of all the 3 disciplines in the sport of triathlon. YOU are not alone. You have been thinking of taking up the sport of tri but are not too sure about the swim part of it. Anybody can learn to ride a bike and go for a run but the thought of having to swim in the open water puts the fear into you, right?
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Swim Technique Drills to improve your swim and shave minutes off your time
Ironman PB Best Swim of 45 minutes. Previous Swim Record Holder at Ironman Malaysia and Ironman South Africa…Ex National Elite Swimmer : 16 minute 1500m Personal Best time.
If a survey were to be taken amongst a vast majority of triathletes (both long distance and short distance) asking what discipline they battled with most and which one they wished a dramatic improvement upon, I would be bold enough to say it would be the swim.
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KEY SWIM WORKOUTS TO KEEP YOU THE NOVICE, FRESH
Swim Training geared towards the TRIATHLETE
Every body gets to a stage sometime in their training when they seem to hit a plateau. No real progress forwards, just stuck in the rut. This is especially true for the novice, who comes into the world of triathlon and multi sports. Their initial gains are huge as the training and fitness levels increase dramatically when going from practically zero. These gains could last a while (dependant of course on how committed each athlete is towards his or her sport). There will come a time however during training when you need to shake things up a bit to get past that stale patch.
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IT IS POSSIBLE to make the jump from sloth to triathlete in a few easy steps. You may not win the race, but you will finish, get the medal and t-shirt and have something to talk about.
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Triathlon is such a diverse sport that it is virtually impossible to perfect. I guess that’s why so many athletes are drawn to it. You never stop learning and are always striving to be better at it. You will make mistakes, the trick is learning from those mistakes and fixing it next time out.
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Short-cuts for the SLOWER SWIMMERS
By Glen Gore – ex Pro Triathlete/Now Triathlon Plus SA /Editor and Mkt Mgr Continue Reading →
Let’s be honest, the swim portion of any triathlon for most, is by far the most daunting. The training time it takes to prepare for the swim discipline is a big part of any triathlete’s make-up, especially for the novice and lesser experienced athletes. A number of factors combine to ensure that training time becomes rather tricky when we talk swimming. Most of you will have jobs, families and other outside influences that make training for the swim extremely difficult. This article will hopefully contribute to you maximising your swim training time and delivering the best possible end result for you personally. We go in search for the tricks of the trade for the poor swimmers with little to next time to spend on swim training.
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By Glen Gore – editor and marketing manager Triathlon Plus SA
Triathlon is such a diverse sport that it is virtually impossible to perfect. I guess that’s why so many athletes are drawn to it. You never stop learning and are always striving to be better at it. You will make mistakes, the trick is learning from those mistakes and fixing it next time out.
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