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Originally Posted by SteelBlue
I do try to breathe every third stroke. Do you alternate sides? Also, I'm intrigued by picking up the head. I assume you mean pick up and look forward? This may be just what I need.
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I am a decent swimmer. To illustrate this point, I swam ten years competitively and tried out for BYU's men's team right when they were winning conference. I gave it up then and never returned until 26 years later. Within a month of two practices one hour per day, I was already swimming toward the top of my age gropu, but my initial efforts were thwarted because pool swimming and open water swimming are NOT the same. You don't have a line at the bottom.
Great open water swimmers alternate breathing and look at a mountain or other fixed vantage point and aim for that. When I do that I succeed. Often my vantange point is simply the buoy. But you must correct or you will be quite a bit off course. I know, I've been there.