Things don’t always go as planned. Competitions are often full of unpredicted moments, risks and unexpected episodes that disrupt the otherwise perfect competition that we’d planned so perfectly.
Usually one can manage to be tolerant (but not too much) with the variables like the rough water, the wobbly starting block or that pain that keeps bothering us during the swim, but it’s harder to be tolerant towards the rough, unsportsmanlike, “tricksters” of the open waters.
If you want to know how to avoid these irritating athletes you can read these 5 simple but essential tips!
#1 Look around
While in indoor races, where the swimmers are identified before start, in open water races it can happen that some swimmers will cheat and take a short cut, or some that will hide half way along the path before start only to join in on the race later on. So, keep your eyes open and tell the judges if someone is breaking the rules!
#2 Protect yourself from getting hit…
I’ve swum some races where I’ve been punched and kicked by those who didn’t want to let me pass. In these situations you can react by pretending nothing happened, or decide to take revenge and throw a few punches yourself in order to surpass them. In order to do well, there’s no…
