12-time Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte is firmly in Coach Gregg Troy's clutches. This is positive. The recipe is old, well proven, and Lochte's training with a world-class crew which includes Caeleb Dressel, arguably the most talented swimmer on earth.
Lochte gets real in this GMM takeover of the SwimSwam podcast, and I'm bullish on Lochte's prospects next summer after talking with him. We covered a lot of territory, so there is much to unpack here.
"At this point, with all of the work I'm doing,' Lochte said regarding his 2021 Olympic Trials schedule, "400 and 200 IM, 200 back, 200 free, 100 fly..." You heard it here. Everything is on the table as of October 2020. I pushed back saying no one would fault him for dropping the 400 IM. Lochte dug-in regarding his schedule, saying "Yeah, the normal."
Lochte, notorious for swimming slowly in-season, will race at the U.S. Open unrested. "I won't race in a training suit. I will suit-up (in a TYR techsuit), but I'm tired (from Troy training)."