lightheir wrote:
@miklcct - I believe you're not that experienced a swimmer yet - I don't think you've even been swimming 'for real' for even 2 years yet? At that stage, it's way too early to say you can't make more gains. Sure, you're not going to be Michael Phelps ever, but I think you'll be surprised at how much more volume AND intensity you will be able to add on with incremental swim gains. If anything, it has sounded like you were overzealous and unrealistic at first - if I recall, your goals weren't just to 'swim a Oly in 30' or something like that (which is really good for a relatively new AG triathlete), but to swim some long Channel , and even train with some guy who had broken some sort of swim record. Just temper your goals, don't give up, you'll be surprised at how much better you'll get.
I've been swimming 'for real' for 2 years. I started in 2018. Although my short-term goal is to swim the Channel (because I think it will be a fun thing to do while I do a working holiday in Europe), the ultimate thing I want is to become competitive in 10 or 25 km swimming races, getting up in the AG ladder and eventually join the elite class. If this is unlikely I will give up the sport and find another one which I'm interested.
I'm not thinking to be Michael Phelps, but the name which always comes to my mind is Trent Grimsey. The average person swims with the tide to cross the English Channel which results in the typical S-shaped track, but he conquered it and got across in a STRAIGHT LINE! That's spectacular!