How fast do you swim?

[kiwi girl]

I did a women's only triathlon series with a pool swim where we had to put our estimated time on the entry form for seeding for a wave start. It is very much a 'fun' entry level triathlon. The people in my wave had all put around 4:20 as our time for 200m.

[Trek420]

are we talking uphill or downhill?

[Grog]

I swim at between 2m (when "on fire") and 2m30s per 100m, I can hold that for about 1000m that I know of.

I'm not much of a swimmer but I've tremendously improved by swimming 3 times a week last winter. (My volume has dropped since!!)

[Kitsune06]

I do 25m, stop, hang on the side of the pool, gasp, pour water out of my goggles, stretch out, wait until I can breathe again, do another 25... repeat until I'm at 15.... and I lose all rhythm and sit there for a minute, all wore out. =P I try, I try. I actually am getting better...
Lise, I swim like a 3-legged cat, too.

[light_sabe_r]

I'm a slow swimmer. Takes me around 45s to do 50m then I have to do the next 150 on my back.

Gotta start SQUAD again I think.

[Bluetree]

I'm pretty slow, too. In a 25-meter pool, I can do a steady 64 laps (round trip) in about an hour, but that is with short training fins, slightly under a minute per 50m.
I only swim once a week, but hope to lower my time substantially when the winter weather keeps me off my bike. I am so happy with my SportCount lap counter... it is the best!

http://www.sportcount.com/products.php
P.S. There is a guy on eBay who sells these cheaper than the MSRP.

[Offthegrid]

I started at 400M (was dying!) and have worked up to 1,000M in three sets (200M, 500M, 300M) with 1 minute rest between. But I'm using fins for now. I'm not kicking, but of course they do make me go faster just from moving side to side. I want to feel very comfortable with the stroke before I lose them.

I was just curious how fast middle of the packers would swim. I'm considering a sprint tri in May, but it would be my first co-ed one, and I don't want to be last out of the water. 5th last is OK.