My goal: trohpy finish or top 20
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brittda posted 11 weeks ago.
Hubby did TI (took the class after watching the videos). Went from struggeling and hoping to finish the IM swim (2.4 miles) to a 1:15. Pretty good I think. He REALLY worked on the drills before trying to put it all together. After the class I know they recommended continueing to do the drills. Good luck!
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RV posted 11 weeks ago.
I used TI to actually learn how to swim and be comfortable in the water. And it does work. But I stagnated at getting faster. I know there are many success stories, but also heard many people with similar experiences as I had. And perhaps greater time on their drills may have helped - but I saw improvements when I started using http://www.endurancenation.us/blog/2008/free-endurance-nation-swim-clini...
the above Swim e-book. It also has lots of drills but focus is on propulsion and efficiency.
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It takes a long time to get good. - Scott Molina
Slow is smooth; smooth is fast. - Rich Strauss
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textri posted 11 weeks ago.
take a swim clinic and join a masters swim group. It will pay off big time. i did my first tri last march, with a swim split at approx. 3 min/100 in a sprint, and got DQ for not finishing an olympic swim in 1 hour to IMAZ swim 1:13 this april and a 26 minute swim at Wildflower. Technique is everything in the swim. I would have not been able to see that improvement without coaching. Don't underestimate your potential.!
Finishing the race is the only thing that validates the cause.
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Joe_H posted 11 weeks ago.
I think TI is more about efficiency than all out speed. also are you using a wetsuit?
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ccabrales posted 11 weeks ago.
Joe_H wrote:
I think TI is more about efficiency than all out speed. also are you using a wetsuit?
no wet suit =[ they are small sprints so i figured i dont need one
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Joe_H posted 11 weeks ago.
hmm it is tough to call is the improved body position and energy you save for the rest of the race worth the time you lose in transition. guess it depends on how bad your form is and how well you can get out of you wetsuit
I need to make a trohpy finish or top 20 my next goal. This year I finished 58th from 101st overall last year. I need to focus on more brick training and speeding up my swim.
This is my second season doing Tri's. I'm sticking to sprints for now b/c i only learned how to swim about the same time last year (yes, right before the race). Good thing is, my swimming has improved 2 minutes from last year but it's still bad. I finished 156 overall in my swim time 16:04 minutes (my goal this year was 16min range).
I watched TI videos, read TI books.. Which helped, but when i looked at the splits... People finished in 9 MINUTES!!! How is that humanly possible?? Is the TI technique not for speed? I'd like to hit the 12-14 range eventually. It's quite odd how you're in the water giving it your all and you see legs wiggle passed you from a different wave..