You have completed the training and now it is the match day. The first is swimming, then cycling and then running. Somehow, although swimming is part of the shortest of the triathlons [some people think is the easiest], it is the part that produces the greatest fear.

After five months of preparation, I arrived at the venue of the first game. I swim in the pool twice a week; I even did some open water swimming [swim in the lake]. I have purchased or borrowed all the equipment I need. I even hired a coach who taught me good skills and answered more questions than anyone else imagined. I'm ready

I feel very confident; but I am very worried. My self-talk includes things like "I spent a few months preparing for this, I have already practiced witnessing [the art of finding the place you are going to swim while swimming], and I used to compete swimming in college. This is easy." "However, watching the lake waiting to start, I still have a lot of problems…

Your first triathlon swimming was originally published on Spring