Like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxcgTYhk_z8

https://en.wikipedia.org/...cords_in_finswimming

As someone who generally finishes in the top 10% of the swim at IM events (ie. an ok/good swimmer for a triathlete, but nowhere near a previous collegiate swimmer or even top age group youth swimmers) I've done a flat-out 100 a few times using fins and paddles just to gain an appreciation for how fast the olympians are going. Holy shit they're fast!

How have I never heard of this?!?! Amazing. We used to swim with monofins, you absolutely FLY.

Looks like they touched around 35 seconds for 100m.

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its like asking why are there no electric bike races.

this remind me though there is a guy who always swims with fins and paddles in my pool, bragging about how many miles he does. wtf is the point? he is older. perhaps to relive glory days of speed he used to have?

Some SwimRun races allow you to wear whatever you want. You just have to carry it all in the run portions. A lot use giant hand paddles and a pull buoy that's attached to one thigh so they can spin it around to the outside for running. I don't think I could do the paddle bit without shoulder death, but fins, with maybe some backpack to quickly stow and retrieve them might work better. Oh yeah, you'd be wearing your running shoes, so I'd choose some open-back diving fins with foot pockets big enough to accommodate the shoes.

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Open back arena training fins?

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Is it faster with giant hand paddles?
I am faster with fins, but not with hand paddles and a pull buoy is marginal too.

That fins race was cool, I wonder how much faster they'd be with arms too.

Found this one of 50 meters underwater, so no surface drag. Looks like about 14.5 seconds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yUuOemCQ7U

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I like the scuba races as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKC8uKoF9Us

I wonder how comfortable those goggles are? :P

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It's because us duathletes would piss on the rug of all the swim club kids who learned to ride their bikes after they graduated from UCSLO

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There are two adventure races in Pennsylvania that can be done either solo or as a team. They combine distance running, swimming, cycling, orienteering, and kayaking. The swim portions of both races are in the range of 2.0 - 2.5 miles and fins are allowed.

One is the Millcreek Adventure Race sponsored by the Brookville YMCA and the other is the Kinzua Tango sponsored by the Warren YMCA. I've done both since 1999. Both are incredible events.

Surf rescue races make good use of them.

Helps if your partner has a good flutter kick too ;-)

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Hello joshawa and All,

The goggles in the videos looked very streamlined .... but maybe you could not see well for open water swimming and sighting?

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