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 2004-03-02 2:13 PM |
New user 7 Indianapolis, IN |  Subject: New to the sportHello All. I have been a registered user for a couple weeks now and am making my first posting. I'm am new to the sport and plan on doing my first triathlon on July 17. I actually plan on doing a half-ironman. I do not have a problem with the running and biking portion of my training but am really struggling with the swimming. I can only do about 500m with breaks every 100m and I feel like I'm going to die. Any suggestions would be helpful. Also, anyone on here from the Indianapolis area? |
| 2004-03-02 3:47 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Veteran 126  Pittsburgh, PA | Subject: RE: New to the sport Welcome to the team! This is a great site. It's helped me so much & I've made some great friends here. I'm an honarary Hoosier. I graduated from IU in '82. I lived in Broadripple for a couple of summers. |
| 2004-03-02 4:57 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Champion 4902  Ottawa, Ontario | Subject: RE: New to the sport Don't worry about it; you have plenty of time, 4.5 months, to get into swim shape between now and your first tri. Just take it slow and easy and concentrate on form and you should be okay. Take a look at the beginner's training program at the bottom of the following site: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/Priscilla/Triathlon_Swim_Training... The training programs calls for a rest after each segment; you can start slowly and take a break after 100m and work your way up to whatever you want. |
| 2004-03-02 5:05 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Champion 13323   Gold member | Subject: RE: New to the sport u can do the swim, i have faith...u have plenty of time. heres what to do to simply build up some endurance assuming your stroke is fair - this is very simplistic but it works. start off with say 3 laps of your easy stroke (sidestroke, breast-stroke) then do 1 lap of freestyle - repeat till u get about 20-30min done. take a few short rests if needed BUT if your easy stroke is truly easy, they should be enough for u to recover from the freestyle and not have to stop. once that is easy go 2laps easy then 2laps freestyle - repeat. gradually over a couple months you will get to 1 lap easy then 3 laps freestyle...THEN ALL FREESTYLE! YES, U WILL FEEL LIKE U R DYING but it will get a whole lot easier...i promise....just stick with it a couple months and get your swimming up to ~40min...then u can start your 1/2IM swim part of the program. just gotta put in your time....make sure u get to the pool 3x/week. good luck! |
| 2004-03-02 5:21 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Veteran 319 Illinois | Subject: RE: New to the sport Welcome Ryan! I'll piggy back everyone's comment about having plenty of time. If you didn't feel like you were dying in the swim portion, you know you'd need to increase the distance or intensity. What I would suggest [i didn't know how to swim until i decided to do my first tri], is to take a swim class or join a masters swim team. Both will help you advance in the level you're at and will teach you proper form while at the same time supporting you. I hope you can find either one of these to help your technique. Lot's of luck to you! Milly |
| 2004-03-02 6:36 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Extreme Veteran 465 Epworth. Iowa | Subject: RE: New to the sport Welcome Ryan - Ditto with the rest plug away - Ron's suggestions are great. Swim willbe my challenge - but after being gassed every lap, its coming along. Do you plan on getting a wet suit? Everything I'm reading says, "Do it!" |
| 2004-03-02 7:05 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Master 1902 Berkeley, CA | Subject: RE: New to the sport yup, plenty of time. we all felt like we would die the first time we got in the pool! hang in there, your endurance will pick up pretty quickly. the key for me (in terms of building that endurance) was I would take a distance and work on that for a week (or maybe two if you are only swimming twice a week) and during that entire week, I'd work on reducing my rest time. So let's stick with your 5x100. Say at first you were breaking for 30 seconds between each 100. Each day you swim try to knock 5 seconds off of that rest time (or 10 seconds if you are resting longer than 30 seconds.) Then step up to a new distance the next week, such as 6x100 and increase your rest time again. Then spend the week at that distance bringing down the rest time again. I'm not a swimmer and I've had no coaching. This is just what worked for me, so that eventually I switched from 100s to 200s to continuous swims. Regardless, welcome! It's great to have new 'converts' (hee hee hee) Dana |
| 2004-03-02 9:06 PM in reply to: #10126 |
| Subject: RE: New to the sport Welcome to the board -- see --- you've gotten a ton of suggestions and tips already. You have found The Place! Nancy |
| 2004-03-02 11:38 PM in reply to: #10126 |
| Central Louisiana | Subject: RE: New to the sport Hang in there on the swim, from experience, it does get better! |
| 2004-03-03 10:28 AM in reply to: #10126 |
Master 2346 Dayton, Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: New to the sport Welcome to the board! As the others have said, you've got plenty of time to work on the swim. Good luck with the half-ironman! Kelly |
| 2004-03-03 2:26 PM in reply to: #10126 |
Resident Matriarch N 43° 32.927 W 071° 24.431 | Subject: RE: New to the sport I like your style.....jumping right in with a 1/2 IM!! go get'em! |
 2004-03-03 4:35 PM in reply to: #10126 |
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