Kicking vs. Running Speed

During my initial TI learn-to-swim time, my coaches told us to save our legs for the rest of the tri so to kick minimally. Then, I had a coach who said that if I could learn to kick well and do hard/fast sets in the pool, then my kicking better will over the long swims will help me go faster.

It makes sense to me as I try to get faster in each discipline by improving my training in each discipline.

Greg, I think the correlation as the poll/question is framed isn't possible. However, you might be going for what Cheetah pointed out: cadence.

I'm not sure how average cadences reflect on each other across the disciplines, but many articles I've read on race execution suggest that at the end of the swim, you put in a bit more kick to get your legs warmed up for the run to transition and the bike, and at the end of the bike, you begin spinning to set your legs up for a good run cadence (~90 rpm).

I'm pretty sure that my end-swim kick cadence, cycle cadence, and run cadence are very similar.

Well, Greg (sorry for a bit of a hijack) ... given that you're an extraordinary swimmer and it looks like a pretty damned good runner too, may just be it's not worth your time to focus much on the kick, especially if you plan to do more multisport. If your legs keep you afloat, you're doing great.

No kick- Can't run

I have to talk myself into kicking while I swim.  It just doesn't feel natural.  I can swim though my strongest event. I suck on the run, but working on it.   It  would be great to just suck a little bit less on the run each year.

I put down horrible kicker and moderate runner.  I'm a self-taught swimmer trying to rectify the hitch in my swim giddy-up.  I have good flexible ankles/feet but body-position needs work - tend to compensate with flailing my foot out to take breaths.

I've run a 1:40 half and 3:47 full marathon and conjure-up a 6:30 mile.  Not a speed demon, but at about the front of the MOP on my runs.

I don't think I've ever been able to complete 100m kicking.