So my brother, sister, brother-in-law, husband, and I are doing a good old-fashioned family triathlon in September, the swimming portion of which will take place in the Gulf of Mexico, assuming it has not turned into a sewer by then. I am planning to do the Olympic distance, which means the swimming leg will be double what I did in April, on top of battling the waves of the gulf instead of a relatively-placid lake and the added excitment of irritable jellyfish swimming around me instead of bored, unimpressed alligators. Wow, I can't wait!
The last time I trained by just swimming in a pool. But this time I need to get myself acclimated to swimming in rougher waters. I saw a book called Triathlon Swimming Made Easy: The Total Immersion Way for Anyone to Master Open-Water Swimming, which cracked me up because I couldn't imagine any method for learning open-water swimming that didn't require total immersion. But luckily I don't think I will need to read it because a great guy I follow on Twitter called Iron Brandon posted a link to a very helpful video that cut to the chase pretty quick:
Having participated in a triathlon, I can attest to its accuracy.
Have a great weekend of training and of course, clean eating! Be safe out there!
Good day!
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