Training Philosophy - Swim

I've complete 8 triathlons in the last 3 season. Distance vary from sprint (750M, 20Km, 5K) to long (2000M, 57KM, 15K). I'm considering half-ironman in the next couple of years and maybe even a full ironman someday. I'm not a pro and try to find time to train in between work and regular life. Here's my philosophy on the swim:

Note: I went from a 19:48 swim in my first 750M race to a 38:00 2000M swim in my last race.

Swimming -
1) Get coaching - Most public pools have Masters programs that can be joined for as little as $5 per session. This will help you identify your stroke problems and work on correcting them. Swimming is not power or endurance...it's technique. Reach, bi-lateral breathing, etc.

2) Volume - Now that you know what's wrong you can work on fixing it. Problem is that if your endurance is sub-par, technique get's dropped. Building endurance will allow you to focus on technique and fixing problems. I recommend 2 swim sessions a week with anywhere from 2500M to 5000M in volume. (I was doing 5000M/week for approximately 6 weeks and I saw the greatest improvement...the more the better)

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