pool tri etiquete
didds
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if you tap a foot and the swimmer in front doesn;t stop at the wall to let you past, are you ever "permitted" to just swim right over the top of them like what you would in openwater?
As a newby still I have ALL my experience (*cough*) in openwater (3 x aquathlon + 1 x tri) and no pool experience.
I can feel an experience worthy of inclusion in Conehead's new book if I don;t sort out stuff like this quickly! (like a DQ 2 minutes into my first pool tri or somesuch!)
didds
As a newby still I have ALL my experience (*cough*) in openwater (3 x aquathlon + 1 x tri) and no pool experience.
I can feel an experience worthy of inclusion in Conehead's new book if I don;t sort out stuff like this quickly! (like a DQ 2 minutes into my first pool tri or somesuch!)
didds
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I've always found that 99% will stop at the next end and let you pass on by. However, you will get some who thinks that this is going to destroy thier overall time - i think not! If this happens, i would give them another tap on the toes - firmer and if that still doesn't work them squeeze down the middle as sharp as i could using some drafting to help. If this still doesn't work because they hate being over taken then you can't be blamed for swimming over the top of the twats.
Most pool based tri's will have a marshell over looking this to pull these people up on their bad etiquete.
Hope this helps
Any time you lose will be more than made up when you get out the water feeling fresh as a young spring lamb and go out there and murder them on the bike.
This is supposed to be a time-trial sport, but unfortunately part of the race conditions - as well as weather, road surface, length of run into transition etc - also includes idiots.
Do remember that if you are very careful and feel like going for it then you can always wait until the other side of the lane is free then turn it on for 10s to get past them.
I can’t understand why anybody would lie about their predicted swim time.
If they don’t take the hint after plenty of toe tapping, then the turns are the place to take them, if it’s holding you back. However, you might find that the benefit of the drafting means that it’s worth sitting it out. If the swim is just 400m then in a seeded start you should be on the heels of somebody about the same speed; you can check your pace by looking at the pool clock(s) and it might only be a second per length down on your expected pace, which I think I would be happy to give up for the decrease in required effort needed when drafting.
Yes, drafting isn’t in the ethic of the race, but if the person you’re following lied or was mistaken in their expected swim time, then that’s their fault, really.
To get a later start time. Add on a couple of minutes and you don't have to get up so early in the morning. People who had done races I did last year before admitted to this.
Hmm, ah well. If they're doing that deliberately then they have only themselves to blame if they get held up by people who really are doing 12 minutes for their 400m...
having spent the entire winter honing my technique to that of a dolphin of course I may actually catch someone this year to see what drafting really does...
Seriously chaps... thanks for the advice.
And if I get DQ'd I'll let you know conehead :-)
didds