I'll start off by saying I am not a good swimmer to begin with. The fastest I can do a mile in the pool is 32 minutes. When it comes to open water swimming I am even worse. I did a mile and a half and it took 57 minutes. My fist mile was 38 minutes. So I need to get out there more and get these times down. It is so aggravating. Sorry for the rant.
sympathies from another terrible swimmer, but, it can only get better. I've just started getting some coaching with a tri club and it turns out I cross my arms over my head and wiggle through the water like a snake. Pointing my hands to corner of the pool feels wierd and it uses different muscles but at least I now know what I'm doing wrong. Hang in there but I agree, it sucks.
Ummm yeah...it takes me 50 minutes to do 600 yards (resting every 50 yards). Granted I started a month ago, just shy of being a non-swimmer but, dude-be extremely thankful for what ya got! I'm like a big cement block in the water.