Early-season open-water races have a special kind of drama to them. Most participants have been trapped inside, training in pools, on treadmills, and on stationary bikes. Many swimmers either live in places where open water training opportunities aren't accessible through the winter, or are too cold to get real distance training in. The good news is, you can still train for open water in a pool environment so you're ready for your early-season races. In this article, I'm

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I've been teaching children, teens, and adults how to swim for the past 18 years. I've gone through 6 learn-to-teach programs for many of the schools, clubs, or community centers I've worked at. Each summer, parents reach out to me to schedule private lessons, and I am typically asked a few funny questions up front. "How long will it take my child how to swim?" This one almost always comes up before the first lesson, during scheduling. This is pretty difficult for me to p

Swimming in the pool to train provides different opportunities for speed, endurance, and technique training because it's a...