Subject: How long would it take? Hello everyone, I'm a 20 years old guy. I used to be a cyclist but about 5 months ago I decided to try my chances in triathlon. I wasn't a competent swimmer and I'm still not. I've learned swimming as a child but 5 months ago local coach decided that in fact I'm a terrible swimmer and I should take lessons. So I did and it was well worth it. I attended to that swim class for 2 months and after that he said you're ok now, go train. I found a workout schedule for triathlons and started training with it alongside my cycling training. I asked that coach how long would it take for me to be able to swim 4 kilometre and he said it would take at least a year. I achieved that in 3 months so I'm not going to count on his estimations from now on. Anyway, albeit I'm training for an Ironman, I would still like to have a fast 1500 swim. I'm swimming 1.5 km in 29 minutes now. (Horrible I know ) However I have 2 goals on that for the future. Firstly, I would like to achieve to swim it in 25 minutes, then in 20 minutes. I swim 4 times a week, at least 3 km in one session. My PBs are; 50m: 37 secs 100M: 1:35 200M: 3:30 400M: 7:20 (It's been a month since I tried this, so I expect a few second improvement ) So here is the question. How long do you reckon will it take to reach those 1.5 km in 25 mins and 1.5 km in 20 mins landmarks. Is it possible to achieve both in 2 years or am I being overly optimistic? Thank you very much in advance. |