IMLP Swim - Yikes!

What stroke is being used?  Doggie paddle?!  And I've been practicing freestyle all this time...

I saw that video the other day, and it is amazing! I still can't believe I survived the many drowning attempts to end my life. Or the body blows and pulling

I am thankful that a few serious years in hand-to-hand combat training actually had a cross-over effect into triathlon.

You'll be fine.......and you'll love it!

Of course we cannot ignore this technique for training. A classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_6tOzt-nfM&NR=1

I know, I stole it from your Blog   Well I wrestled in High School. Hope some of that comes back to me.  

Bonus! A little grappling and cage fighting cross training on your off days will take care of it

The RR's I have read about the LP swim remind me of this poster on despair.com

I started near the back, and stayed about 25 feet away from the buoys at all times and to be honest, I had a pretty uneventful swim.  Once in a while someone would bump me a bit, I'd renavigate, choose a slightly different line and be fine for another 10 minutes.  Of the 3 Ironman swims I've done in that lake, this one was by far the easiest.  I'm no lightning fast swimmer, around 1:30 for the IM.

Scout...I'm in the same boat and yes I signed up, but I'm slower than you. I have just thought of standing and waiting and letting everyone go...hey what is 2-3 minutes in the whole day. My goal would be to finish first lap before the fastest folks come up behind me.

Me, the pool, lots of time this winter too. Sad thing is I swam 3x a week all winter, took specific tri swim lessons and got slower. I need to have this winter be different. 

Yes, but you are IRONMAX! Cuda been a Tsunami and I think you'd say that!

I got cocky on my 2nd IMLP swim and started right at the line under the starter. I have made some big mistakes in my life but that is about the biggest.

I am a 1:10-1:15 IM swimmer and I was run over like I was standing still. Three people literally swam over me like I was water.

In my humble opinion do not get near that inside line unless you are going sub 1:00 for the swim.

On the other hand starting at the line at the far right near shore is great, clear water almost all the way to the first corner. Based on my time from there I dont think its more then 100 yards longer.

Have fun

Chris

Honestly the start wasn't the problem, it was just the other 4000 yards of the swim

I was expecting to go sub 1:10, but went 1:14.  It was a slow start from where I was (about 10-15 feet off the main dock, about even with the back of the dock, parallel to the swim start flag).  It was getting beat up for the rest of the swim and the grabbing and punching that occurred.  I was swimming around all men, based on their swim cap color and they just wouldn't leave me alone.  Now I expected contact, especially based on my projected swim time, but it was just ridiculous.  There was a level of intentialness in some of the actions of those around me that I couldn't have been prepared for.  So there will be lots of ocean swim races for me for the rest of the summer and I will be hitting the pool hard for the rest of the year and early next year when I won't be biking much- I want to be able to start more towards the front, prepared to better sprint away from the crowd in the beginning (that was the plan this year but it was just too crowded).