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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think with your base you're close to good to go.  Are you looking to train for time, or just to finish?

If just to finish, here are my thoughts from a newbie (did  my first last fall.)

[b]1) Get in the water - this is probably the area where most people struggle.  That said, if you did any swim team as a kid you don't need a lot of refresher in order to brush up your swimming well enough to do a tri.  If you're going to be doing an open water tri, find a place to do some open water swimming before the race to figure out how to keep on track / manage any open water nerves.  It's just a different beast from lap swimming, and you want to make sure you're psychologically ready to handle it.[/b]

Yes, yes, yes and yes!  This is excellent advice.  I completed my first tri in the fall without any open water swimming experience and nearly had an anxiety attack during the first 100 meters of the swim.  Fortunately I was able to calm myself down and finish fine but there is something to be said about being ready to handle it.  It also helped that about an hour before the race started someone mentioned to me that first timers sometimes experience anxiety on their first swim but it was definitely intimidating and had I known how I would react, I would have made more of an attempt to swim open water during training.[/quote]

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