Triathlon plans: how to cut down on number of weekly swims

You might need to take that swim time with a grain of salt since open water swims, especially with triathlons can be all over the place in terms of actual distance - - it could be accurate or it could have been short (or long… Hopefully long :joy:). Anyway, you could look into adding some swim band training to help add some extra time to your week. I’ve done that in the past when I haven’t really swam over the winter and while it’s not a perfect replacement (obviously), it does help. I just use a resistance band set looped through a door jam attachment. It really allows you to focus on the catch. Just make sure it’s a light resistance band so you can get some nice stretch out of it (actual swim bands may be better, but I’ve never tried them). I count strokes for the sets, so groups of 50s, 100s and even up to 200 sometimes and go for 30-60 minutes depending on time available. It’s not much less boring than staring at the black line, and you can have music :grinning:.