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vtate75
vtate75 Posts: 221 Member
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How long does it take you to swim a mile? I've been doing this 3-4 times per week in the pool. I'm not trying to be fast, I'm just swimming freestyle. How long should this take? Today it took 40 minutes (about). I haven't been worrying about increasing speed, but I think I need to start!

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  • batlou
    batlou Posts: 97 Member
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    I am right around 35-36 minutes for a 1600M swim. I occassionally work on speed but honestly, I just don't care that much to get faster. I find that I can pickup about a minute by going all out and come out of the pool exhausted or enjoy the swim and come out fresh only losing a minute. Seems like an easy choice to me.

    If my IronMan swim is 1:22 and I feel good and ready to ride 112 miles or I come out at 1:18 completely spent and ready for a nap it's just does not make sense to spend much time fretting over it. I can make up 4-5 minutes on the bike with fresh lungs and muscles much easier than on the swim.
  • scott091501
    scott091501 Posts: 1,260 Member
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    30 minutes give or take.
  • Drudoo
    Drudoo Posts: 275 Member
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    28 mins.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
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    It would take me 45 min.
    :grumble:
  • murdy745
    murdy745 Posts: 71 Member
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    25 minutes

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