The SPUDMAN swim is really quite easy and the current gives you alot of encouragment! For my first SPUDMAN I swam/practiced for 1:15 once per week.  I would guess this to be the minimum.  The group I train with now meets for one hour, three times per week in Twin Falls.

tiff30111 <tiff301@...> wrote:

This will be my first triathlon, and wanted to know what kind of
training I should do for the swim portion.  I am not a very good
swimmer, but can bike and run well.  Since we are swimming with the
current, does this make it a lot easier which means I don't need to
train or worry about it as much.  Any tips or suggestions whould be
great.
Thanks!