Swim Question

Ruby,
Coming from a swim background myself (age group swimming starting at age 5), I am comfortable in other strokes besides freestyle and often include a bit of backstroke/breaststroke during the swim , mainly to take a break and get my bearings.

Trouble with backstroke is that you will have a real hard time navigating with lots of other swimmers around.

I would start incorporating more and more freestyle ("crawl") into your swim sessions. As for gettign helpo with crawl, your best bet is to work with a local Master's team, or try bugging a good swimmer next to you at the pool...you'd be surprised how friendly and helpful some swimmers can be if you ask them for a minute or so of help !

Good luck,
Jay

I agree with Jay. I would add only one thing ----- Swim, Swim, Swim. Make sure you get a feel for the water and that is hard to do swiming only once or twice a week.

Still Tri'n,
Michael

Thanks for your help. Actually, I swim almost everyday...and at the least 3-4 times per week. I've found someone to help me with my freestyle...hope it works!

Good luck with everything and let us know if we can offer you any assistance.

Still Tri'n
Michael