There are a few smaller triathalons that would be accessible to her in the area (if she can get to Berkeley and Gloucester easy enough), such as Cheltenham Tri Festival (pool swim with several distances), 51Fiver Triathalon (Cirencester, standard distance and lake swim), Westonbirt Sprint Triathalon (pool swim), and if she must do a longer distance there's the Wild Boar in Cromhall which does 70.3 and Olympic distances with a lake swim... I could go on...She's having, what I presume, is her first go at outdoor swimming today. With Jemma with a J in tow.
I am really looking forward to her doing this triathlon! No disrespect to someone trying something new, but maybe go for something more bite size for your first go?! Her swim does not look strong, and this is in a virtually static body of water, really not much more than a cold open air pool.
not really, you need a good body posture in the water to avoid your legs from sinking and dragging you. You just need to sight every now and then depending on your orientation skills. In a proper tri OW, follow the people is good enough XD, considering you are not the first.I think (not a swimmer) that in triathlon they do tend to have the head up more than in traditional front crawl so they can see where they're going and dodging other swimmers...maybe? I can't do any form of front crawl though so would be happy with a version where I was breathing that often if i was actually managing to keep it up but I know it's not the most efficient option. Funniest bit for me was the music choice...
She is probably just delusional, as always.But if swimming is your nemesis, why choose a middle distance tri as your first? there are loads of other shorter distances, pool swims etc to get started with!
I am really working on this at the moment with my swimming, and a whole host of other things too! She needs to get herself down to some coached swim sessions (she doesn’t seem to like to join training groups in general tho)She can barely lift her arms out of the water
Nah she'll definitely start it and know she won't finish, so it'll be a DNF with the caption "I tried my best and gave it a shot, because trying something new is better than not at all" and then wank over the influx of "oh hun you're so inspiration"We all know she’s going to DNS, go into hiding for a few days, and never mention it again, right?
She’ll start it then go blind when a jellyfish slaps her smug face. Won’t make it to the bike.We all know she’s going to DNS, go into hiding for a few days, and never mention it again, right?
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