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 2008-08-27 8:40 AM |
Member  150   NoVA |  Subject: Can I breaststroke?I'm getting ready to do my first tri and I have a question about the swim. I find that I can keep my heart rate WAY lower and I'm almost as fast if I breaststroke. Will I be the only one in the pool doing it? Will everyone else be busy laughing at me? (If so, maybe that's a good way to slow them down so I can pass them on the bike!?!) |
| 2008-08-27 8:44 AM in reply to: #1631572 |
New user 33 North of Boston | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? You can breaststroke. Or sidestroke, or trudgen, or do anything else you'd like. Many people will do primarily freestyle but then switch to breaststroke as necessary to catch a breath and or get a better look at where they're going. |
| 2008-08-27 8:48 AM in reply to: #1631572 |
Pro 4528  Norwalk, Connecticut | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=128057&posts=9#M1600021
check this thread out, it has some other info besides what has been posted here |
| 2008-08-27 8:53 AM in reply to: #1631572 |
Member 150 NoVA | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? Thanks! I obviously missed that thread. |
| 2008-08-27 9:00 AM in reply to: #1631572 |
Veteran 263 What used to be the country, PA | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? In my first tri, I discovered that breaststoke and backstroke really helped me too. It was an ocean swim, water was cold and rough. The breast helped me with sighting and the backstroke helped me get my breathing under control and calm down after a pounding on the way out. The best part is that I read it on a post here where it worked for someone else and I remembered it on race day. Best of luck; just remember all your hard training, and there are no scores for how pretty it looks... |
| 2008-08-27 9:07 AM in reply to: #1631572 |
Champion 5575 Butler | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? Your only goal is to get to the swim exit, period. Use anything you need to get there other than in in antimate object. Heck, you can walk on the bottom if you can reach. |
| 2008-08-27 5:02 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
Master 1572 PA | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? If you're just about as fast and can expend less energy...then by all means do it! You mentioned it's a pool swim. Just keep in mind if you do it in an OWS, it's often a bit more of a cluster with all the people, and breaststroke takes up more room with the kick (and in addition to needing more space to be able to kick you're likely to be kicking a lot of people). Food for thought. |
| 2008-08-27 5:21 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
Veteran 749 | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? Kicking a lot of people!! If you do it move away from everyone nothing worse than coming up on someone doing this stroke really not fair for the rest of us to get hit by you! John. |
| 2008-08-27 9:04 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
Member 150 NoVA | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? Yes...it's a snake swim in a pool. |
| 2008-08-27 9:14 PM in reply to: #1633591 |
| Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? sharse - 2008-08-27 7:04 PM Yes...it's a snake swim in a pool. If it's self seeded, just make sure to seed yourself honestly and fairly. It's hard to pass people in the pool as they are breaststroking... and potentially painful |
| 2008-08-27 9:18 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
Expert 773 | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? O.K. - my 2 cents -
I will add, however, that in one of my sprint tri's in a pool, the RD specifically said in the pre-race brief that walking on the bottom was not allowed. You could touch the bottom with your feet, but you could not advance your position by walking on the bottom. All races are different, so check with the RD about this.
Good luck!
Edited by crazylegs 2008-08-27 9:19 PM |
| 2008-08-27 9:37 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? I don't know. "Can" you? Maybe you're asking if you should do the breaststroke instead of a different stroke? Does it matter what other's think? I think not! Do what is more comfortable and faster for YOU! Let your competition get upset that they got beat by you! |
| 2008-08-27 9:42 PM in reply to: #1631572 |
Extreme Veteran 362 Security, CO Bronze member | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? Learn to free style.... Now is the time. |
| 2008-08-28 1:04 PM in reply to: #1633098 |
Expert 1049 Jacksonville, FL | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? jrm - 2008-08-27 5:21 PM Kicking a lot of people!! If you do it move away from everyone nothing worse than coming up on someone doing this stroke really not fair for the rest of us to get hit by you! John. I agree. |
| 2008-08-28 1:24 PM in reply to: #1633591 |
| Elite 3130 | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? sharse - 2008-08-27 8:04 PM Yes...it's a snake swim in a pool. In some pool swim tri's you are not allowed to make forward progress by walking along the pool bottom. So make sure you read the race rules if you want to have that option.
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| 2008-08-28 1:36 PM in reply to: #1633098 |
Member 360 Denver, CO | Subject: RE: Can I breaststroke? jrm - 2008-08-27 4:21 PM Kicking a lot of people!! If you do it move away from everyone nothing worse than coming up on someone doing this stroke really not fair for the rest of us to get hit by you! John. I dunno it seems as fair as getting punched in the face by people doing freestyle. |
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