Hi there - I'm the OP on this thread, thanks to all of you for your helpful comments.

I'm seeing a few common themes in your replies - one is "the kick is no big deal - if you're swimming 2:15/100m, the issue is your upper body".

So today in the pool, I took the suggestion of a couple of you and swam with an ankle band/pull buoy combination. My pace improved to 1:55/100m and I was *significantly* less tired at the end of the session.

So how do i interpret this? It seems to me that a) I have a buoyancy/alignment problem b) my current 2BK is actually slowing me down.

So what should I do next? I'm inclined to continue with the pull buoy to fine tune the upper body some more. Then move to (or add?) fins and try to incorporate a kick *without* slowing down.

What would you do?

Thanks!