Swim Tech Archive

Perspectives on Swimming Many people struggle with the swim portion of triathlon. What can you do to improve? Here are my thoughts on this: first a more psychological tip and then some more practical tips.

Mark Allen: Swimming and Your Wetsuit If you came from a swimming background, then likely the first leg of a triathlon is something with which you are fairly comfortable. If not, it can bring the most anxiety

Recovery Often we talk about the training. The getting up early. The pushing through, the fatigue, the soreness. What we don't talk enough about is what brings it all together. The

Pedro Gomes' First Place Mecuryman Race Report This past sunday I was fortune to take part of the inaugural Mercuryman half-ironman on the Grand Cayman Island. I was a welcomed guest of the race directors

Lance Wins SuperFrog Triathlon in Record Time Lance competed in this weekend's SuperFrong triathlon and took home the title in a record time of 3 hours, 49 minutes and 45 seconds. Here is KFMB Channel 8 San Diego's race recap.

Support Back to Block 2012! Xtri Contributor and close friend, Trent Theroux, suffered a life changing spinal injury 10 years ago. From this accident, Trent realized, "The irony of spinal cord injury is

Michael Phelps: Programming Himself for Success In the water, Michael Phelps is a force to be reckoned with. But his dominance in the pool isn't just a physical attribute. Phelps's exacting mental standards and preparation propel

Eggers vs. Armstrong; The Race It's not often that I struggle to find the words to say after an event. Today I am struggling. It was so much more amazing than we could have ever imagined. Sit back, grab

Dear Mr. Armstrong The most important rule in competition is knowing your opponent. I know exactly what you have been up to this week. Thank you Strava. And….." Juan".

Quasi-Intellectual Humor: SHAVE IT FOR SOMEBODY ELSE In February, a Maryland girl's swim team had their County championship retroactively stripped from them after it was determined that one of the team members shaved at

Swimming: How to Set up and Position the High Elbow Swimming for the distance swimmer/triathlete is not "power" based. Technique and body position are however, a precondition for better swimming. This requires deliberate,

Swimming: Balance and the High Elbow There is an enormous interest in swimming efficiently and perhaps, triathlon and triathletes are the reason for this. Triathlons world-wide growth is burgeoning with products

Training Competent Swimmers: The Head-Line Training competent swimmers from beginners to elite is a process often requiring years. Even so, attempts to correct stroke flaws do not always result in improvement

Swim Camp While there are a bunch of crazy online competitions going on to keep folks motivated over the winter, I decided to start my year with an advantage and an attitude.

Four Secrets of the Ironman Swim Revealed 6:59am - music blasting, kayakers herding swimmers, and nearly 2500 Ironman athletes treading water or standing on the beach of the Ironman swim start, waiting

Swimming: The Axis Good swimmers are elongated along a horizontal axis (a line around which an object rotates). They give the appearance of gliding (a poor term in my opinion) but are

Swimming: Getting the Lower Body in Sync (Video) Mechanically perfect, Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen is a 4-time World Masters Swimmer of the Year, Hall of Fame inductee and has established over 200 world records.

Kona 2011 Gear: Tyr’s New Goggle Rocks Goggles are a very small yet extremely important part of your Tri-arsenal. They can turn an otherwise great swim into a zig-zagging, eye burning debacle.

Quasi-Intellectual Humor – Release the Eels I was entered in an Olympic distance triathlon scheduled two days before Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast and the race organizers elected to eliminate the swim. The

Xtri Reviews: Finis Swimsense I was pretty excited to get my hands on the watch as a swimmer/triathlete and a coach of both swimmers and triathletes.