Hi,

I'm training for my first sprint tri, and if I enjoy it, I'll get more formalized (join a club, get a coach, something like that) before I do a longer distance. But for now, I'm kind of winging it.

I've trained for running events before, and I feel comfortable with my riding, but most of the online plans seem to have a lot of detail in their swim training: 100m front crawl, then 100m pull, then 100m flutter board, then free style, then....

Is that really necessary? I've been doing a 50m flutterboard warm up, then just doing 1000m of front crawl, trying to minimize rest times, and increase efficiency. Am I missing some crucial training effect involved in doing different strokes, since I'm only going to do the front crawl in the tri?

Thanks,
D.

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Island Geekette
7 half marathons, 30k Around the Bay, Philadelphia marathon, 2 Gran Fondos
....and then I got bored. Why not do a tri?