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What is frustrating when trying to glean information like this regarding swimming is that many fast swimmers in triathlon come from a swim background and can be incredibly fast in what would be considered minimal training.DING DING DING We have a Winner!
I've seen athletes take 10 years out of the water hope in and go 10 min flat for 825 yards. (former olympian) I've seen another swim 3x about 1200 each then bang out 70x100 on 1:40 (former olympian) I've seen former AG and college swimmers take 2-8 years out of the water, swim < 50k and then go do an IM swim in <58 min.
I've seen adult onset swimmers put in 750k yards in a year and not crack 33 for a half swim. Then do it again the next year and still not crack 33 although they did crack 34. I've seen adult onset swimmers swim for 10 years and then the college swimmer gets in for 2 weeks and starts to destroy them in the pool.
To the OP:
When I was racing, and I swam AG swimming for a few years, I put in about 15k in 4 swims. That netted me mid 26's for a half. When I upped it to 18-20k after a month or 6 weeks I was in the high 25's. After about a quarter of a year of that, I was in the very high 24's and even lead out of the water at a few races overall.
It's truly a YMMV situation
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desert dude: Oct 17, 13 8:46