Today I put on some awesome clinics. The first was an OPEN WATER SKILLS clinic. We did this one in the pool because of recent flooding, and because these skills are best mastered in the pool before transferring to open water.
One valuable skill is the ability to find, hold, and be comfortable drafting on another swimmer. If you have spent any time circle-swimming in a pool you know how much easier it gets when you are close to the next swimmer ahead of you. Here we had 3, 4, 5, or more swimmers drafting in line.
Taking turns drafting and leading.
Once you get into open water, there are no longer lane lines to guide you. Another drill we did was set up some "buoys" in the pool and practice cornering around them.
Everyone was getting pretty good at drafting and cornering in the pool.
Next we headed out onto the road for some CYCLING HANDLING SKILLS. After a review of basic handling skills, we moved onto cornering and hills. It is unbelievable how much time you can gain if you are aggressive on hills and corners.
After doing
lots of hills and corners.
Many in the group still wanted to do more cycling, so we headed out onto a road ride around Nashville. It wasn't easy to find a route, but we finally figured out where to go.
Cycling through Belle Meade Blvd. I was very impressed with this group today. Everyone stayed together well and we even were holding a nice paceline. It is key that stronger riders and slower riders even their pace out so that everyone can work efficiently.
We were riding through some traffic on West End and, again, everyone was handling it smoothly. I have been so impressed by my athletes lately! Rides like this make me love my business.
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