Breastroke
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Hello to you all my name is Anthony,
This is my first post and am really looking for a few pointers, I'm doing my first triathlon on the 12th sept at dorny lake 400m swim, Will i look a berk if i have to do some of it doing the breastroke as at the moment i cant swim more than 75m before i get out of breath but can finish the 400m in about 15 mins without stopping, Also im training 6 times a week at mo thats is two of each swim bike and run, of which bikeing is no problems form me and i can jogg a good few miles, As such i have no wetsuit and am looking at 2xu team 0 or orca equip (me being 6ft 1" 88kgs 35 waist and 42ish chest ) so was looking at LT for 2xu and size 8 in orca.
Any help for a novice would be great.
Many Thanks
Anthony
This is my first post and am really looking for a few pointers, I'm doing my first triathlon on the 12th sept at dorny lake 400m swim, Will i look a berk if i have to do some of it doing the breastroke as at the moment i cant swim more than 75m before i get out of breath but can finish the 400m in about 15 mins without stopping, Also im training 6 times a week at mo thats is two of each swim bike and run, of which bikeing is no problems form me and i can jogg a good few miles, As such i have no wetsuit and am looking at 2xu team 0 or orca equip (me being 6ft 1" 88kgs 35 waist and 42ish chest ) so was looking at LT for 2xu and size 8 in orca.
Any help for a novice would be great.
Many Thanks
Anthony
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I am doing my first Triathlon on the 14th september at Tatton Park(Cheshire). Really looking forward to it now. Like you i have been training hard but the swim is the biggest fear/concern. As breaststroke is currently my strongest stroke, i like you was concerned whether i would look an idiot flapping around at the back of the pack!!! Having asked the very same questions as you in the past it would appear that there is no problem at all with doing breaststroke throughout some, if not all the swim leg, as it is more common than you would think! If you are considering doing both breaststroke and crawl make sure that you are aware of your surroundings, a change from crawl to breaststroke may result in you giving another swimmer a good kick to the face.
As for which wetsuit is best, not all wetsuits fit all, so the best advice would be to try get yourself to a tri based store to try a few on for size.
I hope that has helped. Enjoy!!!
Many thanks for that i will have to try and find a shop near me in Bracknell to try a few on then as that does seem the best idea.
Hope your triathlon goes well also.
Rdgs
Anthony
Many Thanks
Anthony
In reverse order:
Wetsuit; getting the right fit is important so either go to a shop or find out where the nearest/next triathlon is, find out who is at the expo and ask them to take along some suits that may fit you. That way you can try them on with the opinion (hopefully) of someone who knows what to look for. I would also think that there will probably be wetsuit hire on the event; again give them a call and give your sizing.
One good thing about a hire is that if you decide it's not for you (as if that is going to happen - you will get bitten my friend) then you will not lose much. If you decide to buy then quite often the hire fee will be deducted from the price.
Breaststroke; don't worry about it, you may want to ask the marshals about where to start so that you do not impede faster swimmers and also do not get swum over.
Have a good one.
Thanks for the advice did have a bit of luck today which makes a bloody change for me, whilst looking at wiggle site they had some reparied orca s3 in stock for £49.50 so i jumped in with both feet so at least if it dont fit i can send it back and if it does bargin, As it's my first triathlon like you say i might get bitten, don't think i could even hire one for that price plus i spent a £1 more and used a £5 off voucher, will let you know if it fits .
Rdgs
Anthony
I'm doing Tatton Olympic again this year and the atmosphere is fab,so you,ll enjoy yourself.
HAVE FUN.
PS You will be hooked,mark my words
Training going well?
One other thing... please make sure you have tried your wetsuit out in advance. Particularly make sure you try breast stroke in it. Many cheaper suits are designed to give a lot of leg lift so are quite thick and restrictive in the legs and are very, very floaty. I naturally have floaty legs anyway, but with my wet-suit on my legs are so high that I can barely do a FC kick and it is simply not possible for me to swim BS as my feet are just kicking air.
Give it a go.
Enjoy your racing!