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 2011-08-11 12:23 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
Master  1848     Canandaigua |  Subject: RE: I am going to drown!Good choice. You are putting yourself, other participants, and your rescuers at risk if you do the swim.. Edited by dexter 2011-08-11 12:24 PM |
| 2011-08-11 12:27 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
| Subject: RE: I am going to drown! To the OP: You were smart to ask about it, and even smarter to accept the advice given. Well done. I look forward to reading your first tri report. |
| 2011-08-11 12:37 PM in reply to: #3639508 |
Extreme Veteran 389 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! You sign up for a race knowing you can finish all the physical aspects. You do the race to accomplish the physical aspects in a faster time then what you can do just to finish. |
| 2011-08-11 1:32 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Thanks again everyone yea i should have tested my swimming a bit more before signing up but since I'm a good runner and decent cyclist i thought eh how hard can the swim be but it doesn't matter if i could run the worlds fastest marathon if i drown on the swim  . I was able to swim just over 75 (freestyle) consecutively today then took a short rest and swam two 50's. So its starting to get easier and I'm just going to push and push and swim everyday. cause i truly hate accepting defeat. Need to get over the feeling of it and keep going. Dam and i already bought tri shorts and top lol. |
| 2011-08-11 1:57 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
Regular 459 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Good call on switching to the du. I went into my first ow sprint tri confident that I could swim 3 times that far. I still panicked in the water. I was fine, and got through the panic by regrouping, floating for a bit, and backstroking. Had I added in the fear that I couldn't go 75 metres straight to that, I would have been brought back by a kayaker rather then finishing the race. |
| 2011-08-11 2:07 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
Veteran 228 Knoxville, TN | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Ha! You can still wear the tri clothes. Good for the bike and run also. I wish more first time triathletes did the same thing you did here. I have been in a number of pool tris where it was obvious quite a few folks assumed the same thing you did, "the swim is no big deal", only to discover it was much harder than they thought. They ended up walking, resting or quitting and they had no idea where to seed themselves. Thanks for being smart about this. The swim will come. Kudos to you and beginnertriathlete. |
| 2011-08-11 2:18 PM in reply to: #3639710 |
Member 259 Oviedo, Florida | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! _Deb_ - 2011-08-11 2:57 PM Good call on switching to the du. I went into my first ow sprint tri confident that I could swim 3 times that far. I still panicked in the water. I was fine, and got through the panic by regrouping, floating for a bit, and backstroking. Had I added in the fear that I couldn't go 75 metres straight to that, I would have been brought back by a kayaker rather then finishing the race. Yep... Me too. I'm a long distance runner and knew I could finish a ride of 16 miles without a problem, but I was shocked when I got in the pool and found how exhausted I was after just 50 yards. To the op... SLOW DOWN! When I stopped just smacking the water and slowing my stroke down, I found swimming just got a lot easier.The breathing WILL come. Amazing how your body will make adjustments to the nonsense we throw at it. But even being able to swim about twice the 400 yard distance in the pool, I too had the popular panic attack about 50 yards in during my first tri in open water. But calmed down and ended up finishing just fine. Did my second tri about 3 weeks later and was soooo much more relaxed. Good call waiting on the tri. Get some more swim time in. You'll be glad you did. |
| 2011-08-11 2:33 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
New user 247 San Francisco, CA | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Oh, well if you already have the outfit, by all means.... Just keep hitting the pool (and get some practice in OW), and I think you'll find the learning curve pretty quick. For what it's worth, I found your post super refreshing. I am in your boat with the bike. I never imagined it would be as hard as it has been for me, so I'm DNSing my first tri on the 20th. I, too, look forward to following your progress! |
| 2011-08-11 4:08 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
Regular 97 Los Alamos | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! It will come. I started this year being able to only complete a 50 breastroke and then having to rest in January. By april I competed in my first tri with a 500yd pool swim and did half free half breast that took me almost 14 minutes. Last weekend I did a tri with a 400m pool swim and finsished it in less than 10 min (which is still slow, I know) and today I swam 1100m without stopping. I am still slow but at least I am becoming comfortable in the water. When I was done today I felt like I could have kept on going. I will be focusing on the swim over the winter and next year will tackle the ows tri's. I did it all on my own, but I am sure a swim coach can speed up the process. I'm sure I will have to unlearn some things but I am accomplishing the plan and goals I set for myself right now. Good luck on the DU! |
| 2011-08-11 5:47 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! sweet jesus mother of something. I can swim now haha. While doing my second swim of the day i was able to go 100 free 25 breast at 600 back stroke. I never practiced back stroke before cause the person i took a few lessons from said its useless in a tri. Is it bad to do the back stroke in open water? If not I'm in for saturday ill start at the back of my wave as to not cause problems but i truly think i now have this as far as making the distance not getting in peoples way and being safe. I even felt i could go longer! I now don't think i am going to drown! |
| 2011-08-12 4:59 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Just an update and I enjoy the being made fun of as it is the internet but i understand safety first. I went out with a few friends today to where the course is the life guards allowed us to swim a 200m section of the course. I felt absolutely fine out there actually significantly better than being in the pool. I swam the 200 with out a problem freestyle as the slight current gave a nice push. After regrouping a few mins later went back out did another 100 free 50 side/back stroke and another 50 free style to bring it in. The course max depth was 8 feet at its deepest and for a solid 300 of it was just around chest deep or much shallower. I know come tomorrow i will be fine and sorry for wasting your peoples time. thanks |
| 2011-08-12 11:03 PM in reply to: #3639108 |
| New user 8 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Tom Demerly. - 2011-08-11 9:49 AM "The marine environment is inherently unforgiving." U.S. Navy Special Warfare School, Coronado, California. Damn... That is inherently true... |
| 2011-08-13 8:33 AM in reply to: #3638634 |
Master 8250  Eugene, Oregon Bronze member | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Please don't believe this lean runner sinking business! Maybe a lean runner physique would make getting to Olympic levels in sprint swims unlikely, but for the distances involved in tri, it's mainly about technique, conditioning, and maybe turnover for the starts and shorter swims. I must be one of the scrawniest excuses for a triathlete out there and I have been top three overall on the swim (non-wetsuit, with ocean currents). I'm probably not the most buoyant person in the water but you don't just lie there and float in a race--your arms and legs propel you forward! Okay--I have a swim background, but still, size is no excuse. For safety's sake, do the "du", get some good instruction, and put in the time in the pool! |
| 2011-08-13 8:51 AM in reply to: #3638634 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! I did it swim ended up fine. Finished mid pack in about an hour. |
| 2011-08-13 9:51 AM in reply to: #3638646 |
| Alpharetta, GA | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! ChrisM - 2011-08-10 11:58 PM Since you asked, No, you should not do it. Please take the time to train properly for the swim, and then do it X1000. If you can't swim the distance (or more) comfortably in a pool, do NOT get in the open water. Take the time to train so that when you do finally race you can actually enjoy it without endangering yourself and/or those around you. Respect the swim. Andi |
| 2011-08-13 10:00 AM in reply to: #3641916 |
Regular 241 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Fogflip - 2011-08-13 8:51 AM I did it swim ended up fine. Finished mid pack in about an hour. A 400 meter swim took one hour and you finished mid pack? |
| 2011-08-13 10:03 AM in reply to: #3638634 |
| Member 40 Modoc County, CA | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Congrats Triathlete! |
| 2011-08-13 10:28 AM in reply to: #3638634 |
| 40 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! No my entire Tri took one hour so 400m swim just about 11 miles on my bike and 2 mile run. I went nice and slow on the swim though just so i didn't have any mishaps and swam a bit more breast stroke than i needed to luckily the way it was set up the water was not very busy. I definitely went a bit hard on the bike my run was a bit slower than I thought it would be. The water was very warm and was surprised seeing so many people wearing wetsuits. I did learn a lesson while standing in line to use the bathroom preface lol bring your own toilet paper hahaha. Met some very nice people had a nice talk with a woman i was running with about joining our local tri club. All in all solid day tom morning time to hit the water again! Edited by Fogflip 2011-08-13 10:30 AM |
| 2011-08-13 10:56 AM in reply to: #3642008 |
Regular 241 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Fogflip - 2011-08-13 10:28 AM No my entire Tri took one hour so 400m swim just about 11 miles on my bike and 2 mile run. I went nice and slow on the swim though just so i didn't have any mishaps and swam a bit more breast stroke than i needed to luckily the way it was set up the water was not very busy. I definitely went a bit hard on the bike my run was a bit slower than I thought it would be. The water was very warm and was surprised seeing so many people wearing wetsuits. I did learn a lesson while standing in line to use the bathroom preface lol bring your own toilet paper hahaha. Met some very nice people had a nice talk with a woman i was running with about joining our local tri club. All in all solid day tom morning time to hit the water again! I see, I thought I misread that. Congrats man, great job!
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| 2011-08-13 1:39 PM in reply to: #3639135 |
Regular 117 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Your header, "I am going to drown!" speaks volumes...don't make this come true...just not worth the risk. Transfer to the duathlon and have a great day out there! |
| 2011-08-13 1:49 PM in reply to: #3642125 |
Veteran 228 Knoxville, TN | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Tri-chick66 - 2011-08-13 2:39 PM Your header, "I am going to drown!" speaks volumes...don't make this come true...just not worth the risk. Transfer to the duathlon and have a great day out there! Um...too late. |
| 2011-08-13 2:26 PM in reply to: #3642008 |
| New user 4 | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Congratulations! What an accomplishment! |
| 2011-08-13 3:51 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
| New user 54 St. George | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! |
| 2011-08-13 4:12 PM in reply to: #3638634 |
Elite 3091 Spokane, WA | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! Good job, triathlete. Kind of funny though, that we've got a three page thread with everyone trying to talk you out of it, and you go ahead and do it anyway. Not busting your chops, just kind of amusing and adds to the lore of the many "talk me out of it/into it" threads  Again, good job. |
| 2011-08-15 5:47 AM in reply to: #3638634 |
New user 18 West Lafayette | Subject: RE: I am going to drown! I would agree that the swim is the most intimidating portion. I started Tri last year and started swimming the month before my first sprint. I was the same way and couldnt swim more than 50 m without a rest. I found a sprint that was in a pool, this way you get to stop every 50 m (trust me there are many folks with you on the wall). Also, most pools have a shallow section about half way so you can always stand or even grab lane line for a breather. I would recomend a pool sprint before you try open water. After a year of working on my swim I can now swim 1000 m with out a break and feel better about the swim. I will say I do always feel better when I hit the bike however. Good luck and dont stop. |
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