The Perfect Triathlon Open Water Swim. Techniques and Tips for Race Day

Are you looking to improve your performance in open water triathlon swimming? If so, this video provides 8 crucial tips to help you master the challenges you may face, such as adapting to cold temperatures, managing visibility, and navigating through waves. You'll also learn about pre-race preparation, including how to adjust your wetsuit and get into a psychological state of readiness. Additionally, this video will cover essential techniques such as proper breathing, effective pacing, and strategic positioning. These expert strategies are designed to optimize your performance and set you up for success in your next triathlon, whether you're trying to overcome fears or aiming to improve your swim time. Watch now to unlock your potential with these insightful tips!

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⏱️ Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:35 Tip 1
01:45 Tip 2
02:37 Tip 3
03:09 Tip 4
04:00 Tip 5
04:55 Tip 6
06:04 Tip 7
07:19 Tip 8

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[jayjaylh]

Great advice. Like many newbies, I panicked on my first Sprint Triathlon. I knew I was supposed to start slow but I still ran anyway. There is something about putting people behind a line and hearing "go", we cannot help it but race! Lost my breath and could not catch it until I finished the swim leg. It was miserable, adding breaststroke and backstrokes was the only way to cope with it and finish. My 2nd race, Olympic distance, I followed most the advice from this video, and finished it with a smile. I would say the keys for me were 1) to forget it was a race for the first 100m, 2) to get into a nice slow sustainable pace with proper breathing and freestyle stroke, 3) to get a proper wetsuit with some buoyancy, and most importantly 4) to only focus on my technique.

[debwordingham]

GREAT TIPS!! I just need to remember to do them and not let the nerves take over.

[Triathletforlife]

Great advice. I’ve lived the same scars of open water swimming when I first started this sport.

One question I do have is how do you get in your five minute warm-up during an Iron Man event? They are so congested. There are so many participants and I haven’t been able to find a spot or time to do that. I see the pros warming up and I’m very jealous.

[mellowcat]

If you have a tempo trainer (like a swim metronome), you can do a stroke rate ramp test where you swim a set of 50s at different rates and write down how hard it feels at each rate. At some rate, it will feel significantly harder/less comfortable than the previous rate and you’ll see the effectiveness of further increases in stroke rate decrease. This rate along with your CSS pace should give you a decent guide to what a good pace and stroke rate is for you currently. Happy training!