Just picked up a really good tip for those of you working on improving your swimming technique related to triathlon.
The TriSwimCoach podcast episode 19 packs an interview with Glenn Mills from GoSwim.tv.
They cover plenty of nice tips for beginner and intermediary triathletes, so you might want to check out the podcast. Two things in particular stood out for me.
First of all, they mention how you can’t win a triathlon in the swim, but you can loose it. That reminded me of my swim at the Triathlon Aalsmeer earlier this year. It’s the only triathlon race I will eventually do in 2010 and I remember standing on the beach being very excited and wanting to go. The gun went off, and I think it wasn’t until about 100 meters into the swim that I thought: I went too fast, I can’t sustain this.
And that’s exactly what they’re talking about in the podcast. When you’re toing the line, ready to go, remember that this is a MULTI-sport event and make sure you’ve got a little something left for bike and run (not to mention the rest of the swim).
The second tip was the awesome swim videos they’ve put on their website. They GoSwim also has an iPhone app which should feature swim technique videos, but it didn’t work on my iPad. Go to their website and have a look or go to youtube and search for “Go Swim”. That should give you food for thought on improving your swim.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH5HA9BiTBc&w=640&h=390]This wraps up a slow week in terms of training. Did some swim technique training on Monday, got teeth pulled on Tuesday and have been taking it pretty easy since then. Hope to get back into things some time next week, when the pain subsides. I seem to have lost a few kilos as well which I attribute to eating different after having teeth pulled. Really want things to get back to normal, though.