I took this photo in Sunny San Diego, at the La Jolla Masters swim practice at the High School Pool - (Coggan Family Aquatic Complex) in the village of La Jolla.Joining a Masters Swimming program is a way to forever change your swimming and triathlon career. Especially if you're planning on racing in Ironman Hawaii, which I am hereby nick-naming KONAMANJARO. (I'm sure someone will make t-shirts - if you do - please send me one.)
In Kona, I believe that every minute faster out of the swim, is a minute faster in your arrival time to the hurricane force winds of Hawi - and this single minute advantage has the potential to lower your finish time by 5 minutes.
The secret? Each minute faster to the Hawi headwinds/tailwinds actually reduces the amount of time you're in the headwind by 2.5 minutes, and increases the time you get to ride the tailwind by 2.5 minutes, if the island heats up as it typically does.
Have you found a comfortable seat? If not, find one. I'm a fan of the saddle above. Find that (and goggles that don't leak) and your triathlon experience will be much more enjoyable.~
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