Subject: Question about the swim portion of training (16 week couch to sprint) I know that the times are in minutes and all of that but what should be the focus during the swim minutes? I have yet to swim 500mtrs, mostly due to level of fitness and for some reason I am freaked out by the water now (even though I was a good swimmer as a kid ). I think a lot of the anxiety seems to come from my breathing and that will work itself out, but I typically go and try to swim as far as I can in the time alloted for that day. Should I be focusing on distance or should I be doing some of the drills I see on other sites regarding swimming instead (have been looking at http://www.cruciblefitness.com/etips/swimming-drills04.htm)? Any opinions on which is best?
I dont plan on working towards an actual sprint tri until I am more comfortable with all aspects of the event but as a beginner to the sport (not to mention I am coming into this after being out of shape ), what would you work for right now? |