Are Triathletes worth the dues they pay toward Masters Swimming?
I say we force all Triathletes to spend one day a week in the sprint lane, one day a week doing stroke (i.e. IM) work, and then make them focus on their starts and turns.
This invasion needs to be controlled.... :-)
John Smith
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Craig- if you ask the 20 minute swimmer, they'll probably tell you that they train bike and run in similar ways; so many don't get that for running and biking, fartlek-type training would improve them greatly, just as a varied interval-based approach would help their swimming. It really has nothing to do with the sport of tri versus the individual disciplines, it more often involves a reluctance to change, a reluctance to strain their brain and often, a reluctance to face the pain that can be felt with sprint-component training, especially if unfamilar.
Craig- if you ask the 20 minute swimmer, they'll probably tell you that they train bike and run in similar ways; so many don't get that for running and biking, fartlek-type training would improve them greatly, just as a varied interval-based approach would help their swimming. It really has nothing to do with the sport of tri versus the individual disciplines, it more often involves a reluctance to change, a reluctance to strain their brain and often, a reluctance to face the pain that can be felt with sprint-component training, especially if unfamilar.
