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TOWER 26 Be Race Ready Podcast — 148 episodes

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Episode #148: Paint By Numbers ???

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Episode #147: Swim FASTER with Dr. Jan Prins

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Episode #146: Mastering the Art of Race Day — From Surf to Starting Blocks!

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Episode #145: Open Water Skills and Triathlon Triumphs

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Episode #144: Unlock Your Triathlon Potential. Secrets to Success

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Episode # 143: What Should Elite Athletes and Amateurs BOTH Focus ON?

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Episode #142: Foundation is the KEY to Success!

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Episode #141: What's Possible

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Episode #140: TAP Into Better Swimming

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Episode #139: The Tortoise or the Hare

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Episode #138: The Three P's (And Maybe a Fourth)

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Episode #137: Do Your Homework!

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Episode #136: Race Day Swim Prep, Nuts and Bolts

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Episode #135: Race Tactics Revealed

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Episode #134: Sight for SUCCESS!

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Episode #133: Open Water Skills Put to USE!

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Episode #132: BIG Open Water Mistakes

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Episode #131: Sharpen Up!

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Episode #130: Want A 10 Minute Head Start???

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Episode #129: Is Posture the Secret Sauce

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Episode #128: You MUST Race!

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Episode #127: Weak Swimmers Can Still Swim FAST, DO THIS!

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Episode #126: Pros Do this, You SHOULDN'T!

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Episode #125: You're PULLING All Wrong

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Episode #124: Alignment, Improve Your Breathing Mechanics

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Episode #123: Alignment in Swimming and Swim Video Scoring

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Episode #122: Tautness Talk with LIVE Q and A

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Episode #121: Technical Phase Ramp Up, Kona Talk, and Much More

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Episode #120: When to Call it a Season and What's Next???

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Episode #119: Pacing, Pacing, Pacing

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Episode #118: Take Aways From the Paris Olympic Games

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Episode #117: Mark Goddard of Team Zoot, How to Achieve Open Water Swim Success

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Episode #116: Practice the Way You Play

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Episode #115: Open Water Skills and How to Implement Them into Your Training and Racing

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Episode #114: Dr. Stacy Sims Interviewed by TOWER 26 Coaches Danielle, Cindy, and Susy

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Episode #113: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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Episode #112: Scott Dickens of FORM Goggles with some BIG NEWS!!

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Episode #111: Andy Blow of Precision Hydration and Open Water Marathon Swimmer Andy Donaldson

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Episode #110: Potpourri of Endurance Sport Topics

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Episode #109: Exercise Physiologist Dr. Genadijus Sokolovas

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Episode #108: Lionel Sanders on His Ups and Downs in Training/Racing

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Episode #107: HOT TOPIC Endurance Sport Potpourri

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Episode #106: How to Avoid the MidSeason Burn Out

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Episode #105: Run Coaching Guru Bobby McGee

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Episode #104: Open Eater Swim Guru Steve Munatones and the Art of Kaatsu

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Episode #103: Do You Want to be a Better Triathlon Swimmer and Cyclist?

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Episode #102: Technology That Will Help You Get the MOST out of your Swim Training

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Episode #101: Wearable Devices, The State of Coaching in Triathlon, and Positive Drug Tests

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Episode #100: Swim Progression From Sharpening Up to Open Water Mastery

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Episode #99: Former Pro Cyclist/TOWER 26 Cycling Coach Andrew Talansky

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Episode #98: Triathlete, Author, Screen Writer, and Producer Lesley Paterson

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Episode #97: Harnessing More Critical Power Into Your Swim Stroke

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Episode #96: Liz and Nancy Jorgensen, Authors of Gwen Jorgensen: America's 1st Gold Medal Triathlete

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Episode #95: Paula Findlay and Eric Lagerstrom

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Episode #94: Don't Call It a Catch!

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Episode #93: Open Water Skills and How to Train and Adapt to Those Skills

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Episode #92: Pre Race Nerves??? What Nerves!

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Episode #91: The SECRET WEAPON to Triathlon Swimming...REVEALED

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Episode #90: The Norwegian Experiment and Ironman World Championship Debrief with Emma Kate Lidbury

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Episode #89: Ace Your Ironman Execution

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Episode #88: How New Swim Data Can Lead to Better Triathlon Swimming

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Episode #87: Foundation Phase Training Focus Points

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Episode #86- Effortless Swimming's Brenton Ford

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Episode #85: Are All Swimskins Equal?

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Episode #84: Japanese National Triathlon Coach PK Joins the Crew to Discuss Coaching Philosophies

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Episode #83: Season Restructure = SUCCESS!!!

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Episode #82: Tokyo Olympic Triathlon Recap with Emily Cocks

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Episode #81: Data in the Swim- Form Goggles CEO Dan Eisenhardt

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Episode #80: STAY HEALTHY!

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Episode #79: How to Build and Decipher a Swim/Bike/Run Workout

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Episode #78: The NEW Approach to the Season Long Progression

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Episode #77: Revisiting Tautness in Your Swim/Bike/Run

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Episode #76: FINALLY Introducing the TOWER 26 Swim Video Analysis

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Episode #75: Coach Gerry and Emma-Kate Lidbury Discuss Their NEW Book, Triathlon Swimming-Master Open Water Swimming with the TOWER 26 Method

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Episode #74: INTRODUCING the TOWER 26 Triathlon Training Program

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Episode #73: Navigating Corona Virus with TOWER 26 and Craig Taylor From Zwift

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Episode #72: Coach Jim Vance Discusses Athlete Success and Running With Power

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Episode #71: How Your Swim Benefits YOUR Bike and Run

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Episode #70: This Methodology Maximizes Your Swim Foundation

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Episode #69: You're Doing it All WRONG!

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Episode #68: Ironman Italy Champion Cameron Wurf

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Episode #67: Race Strategies and Tactics

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Episode #66: Swim Anxiety - How to overcome it

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Episode #65: 2 MUST DO Open Water Skill Drills

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Episode #64: Comparing Lucy Charles's Open Water Stroke Vs Reece Barclay's Pool Stroke

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Episode #63: WETSUITS, Which One is Right for Me?

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Episode #62: Cameron Wurf Talks About his Olympic Rowing, Professional Cycling, Professional Triathlon Career

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Episode #61: How TOWER 26 Uses % EFFORT in Training

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Episode #60: When to Introduce Technique Changes Into Your Triathlon Swimming

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Episode #59: Optimizing Kona's Swim

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Episode #58: KONA Schedule | Managing Your Training Phase Compulsion With TOWER 26's Plan

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Episode #57: When Swim Lessons are Overrated!

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Episode #56: 2 MUST DO Open Water Workouts for Triathletes

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Episode #55: Triathlete Gordon Ramsay, Fueling Athletics, Nourishing Family

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Episode #54: Swimming Smooth with Paul Newsome of www.swimsmooth.com

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Episode #53: Mr. T: Triathlon Taren Talks about his Transition to Triathlon, his Training, Technique, and Tower 26

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Episode #52: Open Water Skills for the Triathlete and Good, Bad, and Ugly Workouts

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Episode #51: 9 Time Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer Mark Spitz on Overcoming Mental Obstacles

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Episode #50: Adding Strength to your Swimming

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Episode #49: How to Increase Strength/Mobility in Swimmers and Oceanside 70.3 Course Outline

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Episode #48: Differentiating the training of a Pro Cyclist versus a Triathlete with Professional Cyclist turned Triathlete Andrew Talansky and his Coach Jesse Moore

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Episode #47: Advancing the middle to the back of the pack swimmer

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Episode #46: Adaptation Takes How Long?

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Episode #45: How to Benchmark Your Season's Start

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Episode #44: The MOST Sensible and Effective drills for triathletes

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Episode #43: Key Masterpiece to Swim Improvement

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Episode #42: Make BIG gains, Eliminate these head movements

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Episode #41: Achieving Body Tautness and Proper Swim Posture

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Episode #40: Improving Swim Posture

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Episode #39: Leaning from the Kona Ironman's BEST Athletes

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Episode #38: The GOOD Wolf and The BAD Wolf

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Episode #37: How to Approach YOUR Nutrition with Dr.Phil Goglia

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Episode #36: MAKING BIG GAINS: Rachel McBride's 51 minute IM Canada Swim

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Episode #35: Sharks! How to Keep Them AWAY!!

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Episode #34: The 4 Types of Swimmers- Who are YOU?

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Episode #33: Open Water Optimization

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Episode #32: Triathlon Coach Matt Dixon Shares His Knowledge

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Episode #31: Change your swim training NOW! Do these open water specifics

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Episode #30: Avoid these technique mistakes in triathlon swimming. Tempo your way to improved performances. Proper usage of the tempo trainer.

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Episode #29: Smart watches - Please DON'T do these in your swims.

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Episode #28: MAXIMIZE base training into racing season.

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Episode #27: PROPER head position. Improve more - VARY training efforts.

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Episode #26: Get the pay-off: Train SHORT distances. RAPID FIRE.

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Episode #25: Early Vertical Forearm - Don't Do It!

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Episode #24: GUARANTEED Improvements - the TOWER 26 training plan.

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Episode #23: A Tower 26 Swim Session and What the Elements of it Are

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Episode #22: REVIEW: The Essential Ingredients to improve your tri swim.

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Episode #21: IMPROVE with these project athletes.

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Episode #20: How to Structure Your Off Season

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Episode #19: Professional Triathlete Jesse Thomas Sits in to Discuss His Improvement in the Swim

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Episode #18: A Chat with Pro Triathlete Lionel Sanders and his Fiance Erin

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Episode #17: Ironman 70.3 World Champion Holly Lawrence and Professional Triathlete and Coach Sean Jefferson

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Episode #16: The Art of Tapering

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Episode #15: Rio Recap with Guest Coach Michael Collins in Studio

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Episode #14: How to WATCH and LEARN from the swimming in Rio

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Episode #13: OPEN WATER ESSENTIALS- PART 3- PREPARE for YOUR best RACE DAY!

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Episode #12: Open Water Essentials(PART 2)- How to be RACE READY in the OPEN WATER

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Episode #11: Open Water Essentials

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Episode #10: BREATHING mechanics - ONE thing you MUST do.

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Episode #9: KICKING - helpful or harmful? what you NEED to know and do.

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Episode #8: TECHNIQUE - MUST HAVE equipment items to maximize improvement.

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Episode #7: TECHNIQUE- What you NEED to know(Part 4) OVERSUBSCRIBED SWIM TEACHINGS- Early Vertical Forearm and Distance Per Stroke

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Episode #6: TECHNIQUE - From foundation to fast: PROPULSION.

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Episode #5: TECHNIQUE - Build this foundation layer second: ALIGNMENT.

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Episode #4: TECHNIQUE - Build the foundation first: TAUTNESS.

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Episode #3: 4 ESSENTIAL ingredients to become a better triathlon swimmer. No compromise.

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Episode #2: Workout Architecture - SUCCESSFUL workout design by elite coaches.

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Episode #1: Intro to triathlon swimming: 5 NECESSARY training phases for a successful yearly season.