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If you’re reading Outdoor Swimmer magazine, then I assume you think swimming is awesome. But if you want to see the world from a different perspective, you may consider trying a multisport event. Triathlon is an option. It’s been around in its modern format for nearly half a century and most swimmers understand what it is. Swimrun is a newer race format and less familiar, so you might naturally try to put swimrun into the same category. But swimrun is so much more than “triathlon without a bike”. Here I look at the advantages swimrun has over triathlon, from a swimmer’s perspective.
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