Details: Second tri season. No formal swim training. SJIT swim (1.25k) of 31:22. Bonus: No one is faster than me with a slower swim time. Swim about 2-3 per week. Not much improvement in a year.
I need private lessons. My stroke must be terribly inefficient.
Suggestions?
Googling “swim coach triathlon san jose” doesn’t come up with anything.
Pete Kain (www.kainperformance.com)
Becky Gibbs-Lavelle
They both do excellent 1 on 1 swim coaching (and are both quite fast…look at the SJIT results.)
Mikael
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I’d suggest several things. Talk to other swimmers and triathletes about who they would recommend. Find a masters program. Find an age group program call an explain what you are looking for. Ask any tri coaches in that area who they farm out to if they do.
I second Mikael’s recommendation – Becky Lavelle is super nice and easy to work with. Fast as hell too.
Another good pro in the area and one of the fastest swimmers in triathlon would be Linda Gallo. All American swimmer at Notre Dame and a graduate assistant for a couple of years at Michigan.
Contact her at www.lindagallo.com She coaches occassionally at Stanford Masters too.
-Darrell
What about Holly Nybo. She won IMC in 1995. Does she still coach Masters in the Palo Alto area ?
Holly coaches Stanford Masters noon workout twice a week, I can’t remember exactly which days. I think it’s Wednesdays and Fridays.
She can write a good workout but isn’t the best at critiquing your stroke. For instruction and a good breakdown of what to work on I would go to Linda, Becky, Pete Kain or Tim Edmonds (head of Stanford Masters).