swimming and breathing

[Lise]

thanks guys! I .... drum roll..... went swimming today. Haven't in years, forgot how much I love it. I have a crink on the right side of my neck but it was easy to breath left. Never got back to the right side but feels good to swim.

Can it be long before Trek signs up for a triathlon?

It's good to read this thread. I swim pretty well breathing to my left, but look like I'm drowning (OK, feel like I'm drowning, I have no idea how I look) when I try to breathe to the right. As a consequence, I swam way off course two times last year in an open water tri when the bouys were to my right.

I also realized that my arms do two different things in the water. Left arm pulls down, across my body, like it's supposed to, right arm goes straight down through the water. Hence, I'm pulling myself off to the left in open water, and breathing to the left...you get the picture! Off I go to the left! In a pool I can stay on track, of course.

I'm doing a sprint tri in one month. It's an OWS, and they just won't post a picture of the swim course on the website. I emailed them, and they did say it's a triangle from the beach. I know the lake; I've done an Oly tri there, in which we swam across the lake. But a triangle...if we sight to the left, I'm golden. If we sight to the right, I'll do a lot of breaststroke. I haven't invested the time this year to learn how to swim right! I'm swimming today, though, and I'll try the triangle idea.

Happy swimming to all! Lise