#257 - The Hard Truth About Triathlon Swimming

Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast

Mike Tarrolly

Ironman, Nutrition, Triathlon, Podcast, Fitness, Swimming, Training, Coaching, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2019

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

We start with a recap of the in-race-cancellation at Ironman 70.3 Texas. Then we take a deep dive into the reality of swimming in open water and long course racing. Are you preparing yourself hard enough to make the swim uneventful, or is the swim always a major stress point? We'll help you get ready and keep your swim safe.

Topics:

Oceanside
Texas 70.3 Cancellation
South Africa
Additional Kona Slots
Early season race challenges
Going from trainer to outdoors
Treadmill to roads
Is Ironman really doing the right things for swim safety?
Pool to Open Water
Starky’s “Trainer”
Athlete’s safety on the course
Should there be an Ironman Swim qualification?
Swim Safe Initiatives
Ironman is supposed to be hard
Total Immersion Swimming
Open Water Swimming is a Power Sport
Why technique can be meaningless
The importance of exposure to Open Water
How you REALLY prepare for the swim
Triathlon is a grimy sport
Make your pool sessions hard

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0:00.0	Good morning, coach. Did I wake you up?
0:13.7	Happy Monday. Sorry, I'm a little bit late. I was having to do yet another Skype update.
0:18.1	Oh, I thought I might have woke you up.
0:20.8	No, right. I'm still in Chattanooga, man. I might have woke you up. No, yeah, right.
0:23.0	I'm still in Chattanooga, man.
0:24.3	I'm still on hour.
0:24.9	Hey, that's already 10 o'clock here, so it's basically lunchtime.
0:27.7	Oh, are you?
0:28.5	Okay.
0:28.8	Yeah, we're doing a little daycare tour.
0:33.2	We did it on our ready this morning.
0:34.8	We got a little daycare tour this afternoon. And then a walk through at our new house to see how things are progressing.
0:41.8	So, slam day.
0:44.2	Get to judge and pick apart daycares, which is, you know, one of my fortays.
0:48.6	And, uh, but yeah, it's rainy, but it's good.
0:51.3	It's Monday.
0:52.4	And welcome.
0:53.3	Crushing Iron podcast.
0:56.1	Every Monday and Thursday, episode 257.
0:59.5	Am I right?
1:00.0	257 is correct.
1:01.8	Right.
	...

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