Swim based or Balanced Training Plan?

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2008-06-11 11:16 AM

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Subject: Swim based or Balanced Training Plan?

Hi all,

If one is goign to do a tri and has very little swimming experience and can handle the run and bike portion of the event, should they lean towards the swim based training plan?

FYI, this is for an Olympic tri 16 weeks out.

Thx,

Harry

2008-06-11 11:26 AM
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Subject: RE: Swim based or Balanced Training Plan?
I'm not a coach but it makes sense to me.
2008-06-11 11:38 AM
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Train your weakness, race your strength.

If you suck in the water (like me) your focus should lean more towards that aspect.

2008-06-11 11:42 AM
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Subject: RE: Swim based or Balanced Training Plan?
To me, a swim-based training plan would have some pretty serious swim workouts in it. If you're just getting started in the pool, those probably aren't for you.

Yet, you will definitely want to make swimming more efficiently a focus of your training over the next 16 weeks. When you say "very little swim experience," I'm assuming that you are like most people (myself included) starting out and that swimming 50m can leave you out of breath. Check out Total Immersion, perhaps find a local swim group or swim coach for a few pointers/lessons, etc. If you start now and get three good swim workouts in per week, you will likely be fine for the 1500m swim in October.
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