The swim part of IM Austria represents about 2% of the total IM distance
The swim leg of the race should take me about 12.5% of my estimated total time for the whole race
The difference between my best possible IM swim and worst (assuming no drowning) is probably no more than 10 minutes and possibly a bit less.
Even accepting that a good swim will help later on in the race, I think my training split between the disciplines will need to reflect the above.
That said, I had a very satisfying 10x200 main set with the LwL yesterday so swim smugness is the order of the day probably until my next swim session.
PS. Accidentally found a good way to make it hard for Stuart W to draft me, but ruined it with nail scissors later
Totally agree jules, been doing that for years ;-)
ReplyDeleteTwo sessions a week are enough for me 0 til the open water stuff starts anyway.