https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/7280/cruisingOK, let me say this right now. I&#39;m not real competitive. To me a good race (in anything - water, land, dirt, mud) is one where I don&#39;t DFL. And I&#39;m stoked if I&#39;m in the first 2/3 of finishers. I count my place from the back, not the front. I didn&#39;t swimen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/109785?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:49:49 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:9131a7a3-7d4c-4bf3-81d8-b573c8baea63Former MemberYou are absolutely better off trying to get in the water a of days a week as opposed to not at all. It will help you keep your feel for the water. Your training can be basic endurance in a slower lane if that&#39;s what you have time and energy for. I would make the focus of the water sessions technique. With how much you are biking you don&#39;t need a ton of endurance work. Since the races you do are long you don&#39;t need a ton of sprint work. I would focus on technique and pacing. I agree whole-heartedly with this post!<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/109879?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:31:01 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:c3217957-52f9-40ba-bc39-a060578518deChris StevensonSo my question is this. If I swim 2-3 times a week and hang out in the slow lane for the next few months until spring and then ramp up my training before the Aug-Sept swims (Tiburon and Alcatraz) will I be in a better position than I was the last two times when I didn&#39;t even get in the water until June? Absolutely. Training also should not be a chore. If you are jazzed up by cycling right now, go with it. Follow Flyqueen&#39;s suggestion and you&#39;ll be good to go. Since you do longer/OW swims anyway, there will also be pretty significant carry-over from your cycling training.<div style="clear:both;"></div>https://community.usms.org/thread/109764?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:37:25 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:077daaa3-094a-4385-be39-89699c80ecbfFlyQueenYou are absolutely better off trying to get in the water a of days a week as opposed to not at all. It will help you keep your feel for the water. Your training can be basic endurance in a slower lane if that&#39;s what you have time and energy for. I would make the focus of the water sessions technique. With how much you are biking you don&#39;t need a ton of endurance work. Since the races you do are long you don&#39;t need a ton of sprint work. I would focus on technique and pacing.<div style="clear:both;"></div>