Troubleshooting 7 Common Race-Day Swim Problems
The TriDot Triathlon Podcast
TriDot Triathlon Training
4.9 • 629 Ratings
🗓️ 12 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
Even though the swim is the shortest part of a triathlon, plenty can go wrong as you make your way through the water. Coach Joanna Nami brings her coaching and racing experience to the podcast to help us troubleshoot the seven most common issues athletes may face during the swim portion of the race. From goggle and wetsuit issues to anxiety and the effects of water temperature, we cover it all! This episode will help ease those race-day swim fears and help you have a confident swim split!
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| 0:00.0 | This is the TriDOT podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | TriDOT uses your training data and genetic profile combined with predictive analytics and artificial intelligence to optimize your training, |
| 0:12.8 | giving you better results in less time with fewer injuries. |
| 0:17.3 | Our podcast is here to educate, inspire, and entertain. We'll talk all things triathlon with expert coaches and special guests. |
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| 0:31.6 | Hey everyone, welcome to the TryDOT podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | Today on this show, we are talking about how to troubleshoot the seven most common race |
| 0:49.0 | day swim problems. |
| 0:51.5 | We're not going to hit every possible thing that could go wrong when you're out there in the water, |
| 0:56.0 | but we think we have a list with the most common things an athlete might face when they're swimming on race day. |
| 1:02.7 | And here to help us do that troubleshooting is Coach Joanna Namy. I love talking about swimming with Coach Joe. |
| 1:09.8 | She's been coaching triathletes for over a decade and is the head coach of Team Jojo. She has over 20 |
| 1:15.5 | Iron Man finishes herself, including multiple trips to the Iron Man World Championships. |
| 1:20.3 | And as recently as last weekend, just finished Iron Man, Texas. Joe, how did that |
| 1:25.8 | race go for you? It went pretty well. I would say I did get COVID the week before racing, of course. |
| 1:36.2 | Of course. |
| 1:37.0 | Moms and dad know what kids bring home. And so I was like, part for the course. |
| 1:43.2 | Very, very warm day in Texas, but was pretty pleased |
| 1:47.8 | to come back, you know, with that effort. It's a good start for what's to come. Yeah, great to see you |
| 1:55.1 | and so many other tried outers crossed the finish line on that day. And well, I'm Andrew the average |
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