Triathletes

Well, I'm not a triathlete, but I came to swimming recently with mainly a running background. I'm not fast as either a runner or a swimmer, but I love both sports and want to learn as much as possible about how to improve my performance in both. My masters' workouts now are pretty much on my own since the official masters' practices aren't being run during the summer at my pool. The coach e-mails us workouts which we do independently. I will admit that IM workouts are my toughest ones, but if they're what's assigned, I do them as best I can. (And I will say I've made some progress at butterfly...couldn't even last the length of a pool the first time I tried. I can hang in longer now, but it's not pretty.) Also when we do workouts together, whatever he says we're doing, I'm willing. I'm there to learn something, so whatever's being offered, it's an opportunity. Flip turns: I ENVIED the more experienced swimmers their ability to do flip turns and celebrated finally being able to do one myself. (I still need some work on my technique, but I once thought I'd never master this skill.) In fairness to triathletes, many of my triathlete friends work hard at their swimming and are not only willing but eager to try the different strokes and the flip turns. Several I know swim in meets as well as triathlons. As for me...as I mentioned in the aquathlon thread, I don't see myself getting into triathlons b/c the bike investment is huge and my balance not too great, but a friend is doing Ironman Lake Placid this year--and has really come a long way in all three of the sports, putting in a lot of training, abt 4000 or so yards per swim, century bike rides, 60-70 running miles per week.... My swim coach--whose background is primarily swimming (on his college swim team and a school leader in distance swims)--has recently branched out into triathlons and is planning on a full ironman next year. I say more power to him! Whatever gets ya movin'!

Well, I'm not a triathlete, but I came to swimming recently with mainly a running background. I'm not fast as either a runner or a swimmer, but I love both sports and want to learn as much as possible about how to improve my performance in both. My masters' workouts now are pretty much on my own since the official masters' practices aren't being run during the summer at my pool. The coach e-mails us workouts which we do independently. I will admit that IM workouts are my toughest ones, but if they're what's assigned, I do them as best I can. (And I will say I've made some progress at butterfly...couldn't even last the length of a pool the first time I tried. I can hang in longer now, but it's not pretty.) Also when we do workouts together, whatever he says we're doing, I'm willing. I'm there to learn something, so whatever's being offered, it's an opportunity. Flip turns: I ENVIED the more experienced swimmers their ability to do flip turns and celebrated finally being able to do one myself. (I still need some work on my technique, but I once thought I'd never master this skill.) In fairness to triathletes, many of my triathlete friends work hard at their swimming and are not only willing but eager to try the different strokes and the flip turns. Several I know swim in meets as well as triathlons. As for me...as I mentioned in the aquathlon thread, I don't see myself getting into triathlons b/c the bike investment is huge and my balance not too great, but a friend is doing Ironman Lake Placid this year--and has really come a long way in all three of the sports, putting in a lot of training, abt 4000 or so yards per swim, century bike rides, 60-70 running miles per week.... My swim coach--whose background is primarily swimming (on his college swim team and a school leader in distance swims)--has recently branched out into triathlons and is planning on a full ironman next year. I say more power to him! Whatever gets ya movin'!