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      04-30-2020, 08:51 AM   #124
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Originally Posted by UncleWede View Post
So tell me Dave, when you switch to swimming how do you deal with the fundamental change in breathing?

If I'm running (5.7km tonight) or riding bike, I breathe when I want, any time I want. No requirement to perfectly time it with when my mouth breaches the surface. I'm relatively sure with scuba/snorkel I could swim much better
Tris are all swim/bike/run, in that order, so you start off with the swim, no need to switch from running or biking to swim.

As for breathing, you get in a rhythm. I am a bad swimmer in that I can only breathe on my right side, so I breath more or less every stroke. It just takes practice, learning what rhythm works best for you. Like anything practice makes you better.

Also, snorkels are not allowed in tris anymore. It used to not be specifically disallowed, and some people got away with it, but most tris, including all of the well known ones specifically disallow snorkels. And fins, also.
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