Working your Weakness 2.0: The Swim
By bethany
This is the second article in our four part series about attacking your weakness in the off-season. To start from the beginning, check out Part 1 of Working your Weakness 2.0.
To swim or not to swim during the winter months? That is the question. Just to summarize the common arguments on both sides, here they are:
Reasons NOT to swim
- It’s only x percentage of the race overall, so it doesn’t matter (to you)
- I’m only losing x number of potential minutes due to my poor swimming compared to xx(x!) number of potential minutes gained by focusing on cycling or running
- I’m not going to be winning the race anyway, so saving 5-10 minutes doesn’t make sense for me
- If you are already a skilled swimmer, it only takes a few weeks to get your swim up to 90% or so of your best (childhood competitive swimmer)
- You are not a skilled swimmer, but you’re skilled enough to finish and that’s your only goal
Reasons IN FAVOR of swimming
- Works on aerobic fitness overall in a no- impact way
- You care about improvement in all areas and have time to devote to all three sports
- Your not up to par swim time is limiting you in some way …read moreSource: Energy Lab
