This is a question for people who learned to swim in adulthood. I learned to swim two years ago when I got into tris and it's by far my weakest sport. I am top 5-7% on the bike and around the 50% mark on the swim in the HIM's I've done. Next year is my first full IM.
I just got through with 10-weeks of one-on-one swim coaching and it's resulted in a near 10% improvement in pool speed. My coach told me at this point my technique is good enough that now I just need to focus on yardage, yardage, yardage, which I was happy to hear, since yardage is cheap, coaching is expensive :)
Just out of curiosity, for the people who learned to swim in adulthood, how many years (or yards) did it take you until you were able to hit a 60-minute IM swim? I know it's not within immediate reach for me, but I am just curious if anyone who learned to swim as an adult was able to become an FOP swimmer.
I just got through with 10-weeks of one-on-one swim coaching and it's resulted in a near 10% improvement in pool speed. My coach told me at this point my technique is good enough that now I just need to focus on yardage, yardage, yardage, which I was happy to hear, since yardage is cheap, coaching is expensive :)
Just out of curiosity, for the people who learned to swim in adulthood, how many years (or yards) did it take you until you were able to hit a 60-minute IM swim? I know it's not within immediate reach for me, but I am just curious if anyone who learned to swim as an adult was able to become an FOP swimmer.