Training Techniques

As triathlon season is rapidly approaching (and the early season is already here!), it is time to begin incorporating some open-water swim training into your workouts. Open water swimming is a totally different animal that pool swimming (if only there were a black line on the bottom of the lake for us to follow). The following training tips are ideas that I have incorporated in my own swim training prior to triathlon season:

(Click on one of the tips below for more details.)

In the pool

In the open water