Greetings,

this has probably something to do with your ability to get sufficient air when doing breaststroke and not getting sufficient air when doing freestyle.

I have the same thing, don't let others irritate you. If you are comfortable with breststroke, swim breststroke. You will not loose too much time on the swim leg of a triathlon anyhow.

Also, join a masters class, tell them about your problem and they will teach you the proper technique for freestyle (unless you refuse to learn and WANT to swim breaststroke, like I did;))

Regards,

Stefan

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