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Hey, I am a newbie at triathlons. I just started training 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if 18.40 is a good time for my swim. I am doing the 750 m "Sprint" swim distance. Thanks.

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No, it's not, but there will be some others slower. Stick with it and swim as much as you can.
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Keep in mind that "good" is relative to your level of fitness. if you have only been swim training for a couple of weeks, that would not be a bad time. when I first started swimming, my first goal was to swim 50 yards in a minute. It took a few weeks to get there. When I hit that goal, I then tried to hit that pace for longer and longer distances. when i first started swimming, it seemed like I would plateau for about 3 weeks and then have a jump in performance. Two weeks is not that much time.
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Originally posted by cgering Hey, I am a newbie at triathlons. I just started training 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if 18.40 is a good time for my swim. I am doing the 750 m "Sprint" swim distance. Thanks.

Hell, my first sprint swim time was over 30 minutes.  In my experience 18:40 will beat quite a few people.

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Originally posted by cgering Hey, I am a newbie at triathlons. I just started training 2 weeks ago. I was wondering if 18.40 is a good time for my swim. I am doing the 750 m "Sprint" swim distance. Thanks.

Hell, my first sprint swim time was over 30 minutes.  In my experience 18:40 will beat quite a few people.




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