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Subject: Open water swim races as training
Hello guys,
Seeing that swim is my worst sport, I usually race on open water swimming challenges on lakes and sea, to improve my first leg on triathlons.

So, for olympic triathlons is better swim open water races at race pace and with similar distance (usually 1.5 - 2K) or swim long races (usually, 3-5K) at zone 1-2 pace?

Thank you very much!

Daniele
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