Want to buy some speed? How much can you get for about $14? The answer: more than you might think. Consider new goggles. Your swim split is determined by two major factors–speed and trajectory. If you’re a fast swimmer who doesn’t navigate well in open water, you may come into T1 behind slower swimmers who…
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I have been swimming since I was little but have not participated in coached adult swimming sessions until college. While I knew that my technique was decent I could not figure out why I was relatively slow in the water. So I asked the coach on the deck and he said to me: “ You…
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Five years ago this month my wife Ingrid had a stroke. It’s an event we sure wished we could have avoided, and we could have had we understood the warning signals. Since then I have thought about writing this article. It does not quite seem right to use the tragedy of a major illness to…
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The off-season should be your favorite time of year to get into the pool and work on your stroke. If you have technical elements that need attention, the early off-season is the perfect time to work on them. Check your ego at the door and swim slowly. That’s right, drop a lane or two at…
Read MoreRecipe for Completing the Perfect Workout Sometimes coaches and athletes have different ideas about what makes for a great workout. As a coach, the easiest part of my job is posting a workout. As an athlete, the easiest part of your job should be doing them. Sure, some workouts are really, really tough and some…
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Case Study Male Athlete’s Statistics: Height: 6’1 Weight: 200 lbs Race: 70.3 Galveston, TX Report: The athlete hydrated every 10-15 minutes averaging 30 oz of fluid an hour totaling 75 oz on the bike portion. Took in about 480 calories an hour (288 from liquid, 192 from gels). Total sodium intake per hour was 1160…
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Off-season training is over and your first race of the season is coming up. How are you going to get ready? If you are like most of the country, you live in an area that doesn’t provide open water swim opportunities until the summer months. In order to prepare, you’ll need to create an environment…
Read MoreHere’s an opportunity to use the math you learned in high school. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line. What does this have to do with triathlon? A lot, especially during the swim leg. Most of us log countless pool laps during the winter months focusing on technique or volume or intensity…
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By Coach Julia Purrington, Level 1 USAT Coach Coaching swimming has many different faces. Coaching groups of athletes is different than working with a swimmer one on one. Coaching adults is yet again different from coaching children. In my career of coaching swimming, I have had the opportunity to work in many scenarios, including coaching…
Read MoreSwim Pacing by Frank McQuiggan How fast does one need to swim 100?s in order to simulate a goal IM swim? The basic question asked would solicit several other questions: How many 100?s? How much rest? What kind of training are you doing? What kind of shape are you in? How old are you? You…
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