How This Runner Transformed Into A Swimmer (And Pro Triathlete)

Matthew McElroy ‪@MatthewMcElroyTriathlon‬ is a professional triathlete with 9 World Cup podiums and 1 World Triathlon podium. He was selected as an alternate for the Tokyo Olympics. With a background in cross country and track and field, Matthew had to work hard to develop his swim to get it to an elite level to compete with the best on the world stage. In this podcast, we’ll dive into how he radically transformed his swimming stroke over the last 10 years.
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[@alastairfoster8484]

I can run a half marathon in just over an hour and a half but yesterday I spent 30 minutes in a pool and couldn’t even complete 500 metres. Running and swimming are very different and I admire anyone who can do both!

[@nancycarleton3064]

I've watched Matt for years and his swim has definitely improved! Great to hear the background and hope he does well at Yokohama this weekend!

[@pcmjpcmj6854]

Any chance of you making a video of his swim technique?

[@KlemenSuligojTri]

He lost me at "my 1st time trial was like 1:30 min/100m, so I was extremely slow..." If that's your starting point, you're already better than 90% of triathletes lol

[@dpmcmanus50]

This! Super envious if that's his "slow"!

[@Sparto91]

He got the maths wrong though. He said 1:40/100yards which is actually about 1:50/100metres. He converted his time the wrong way

[@joewyndham9393]

Also he might have been in a 25 yard pool, so more pushes off the wall would have made his pace higher than it would have been in 50m pool

[@triman9247]

​@@Sparto91Plus, maybe it's not clear but it's an all out 100m, some may be confused and think he held that for the 800m he talked about

[@djinjis]

for an elite triathlete 1:30 min/100m is slow, anyway.

[@christophermccarthy6889]

Very Good Interview Brenton,😊
Mathew amazing will power determination to change sports and reach ellite level,
Very inspirational.
😊😊

[@gusrallim]

This was great

[@KlemenSuligojTri]

Just noticed Matt asked a question at 29:25 about what Brenton would do with people who don't have that much time to swim 4-5k every day and the answer got cut out?
really curious about the answer

[@EffortlessSwimming]

Hi! You can listen to the full episode here (55 mins): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-effortless-swimming-podcast/id1042517353

[@KlemenSuligojTri]

@@EffortlessSwimming Sorry Brenton, I had no idea this was an excerpt. Will gladly listen :)

[@michelebelardinelli5126]

He improved his kick very much through the years

[@Claire_16]

I know it's all relative, but I hate that he says 1:30/100m ways so slow - I'd kill to swim that "slow" 😫

[@Moiatmoi7]

I have no idea what he’s saying on double pull buoy.. your feet go through the band? Makes no sense

[@marcp3984]

1st band holds buoys together, add a 2nd band perpendicular to slip feet through to hold/limit them close together