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Subject: How to improve swim with small pool - and ocean
I want to improve my Ironman 70.3 time. I only have access to a 14 m pool and the Pacific ocean (back yard - pretty cool). I am fine swimming in a smoother open water but i tend to get pushed around and fight the water when there are alot of currents - while others swim by me like its easy. What kind of training should i do to build up my swim time without access to the usual 50 m endless sets of drills. I have looked at coaching programs but they all expect access to "real pools"
I do not come from a swimming background and am in my 50's


2018-07-17 7:15 AM
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Subject: RE: How to improve swim with small pool - and ocean

I have a small pool in my back garden where I do 60% of my training - the remainder being in a lake

To get the most out of it i swim tethered so just swim is place against the resistance of a bungy cord - works really well and as you are not 'turning' it feels more like OWS than pool swimming 

PS - I use ankle tethers rather than a waist tether



Edited by WildWill 2018-07-17 7:17 AM
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