Quote Originally Posted by colby View Post
Almost everyone is slow compared to someone!
Momentary Threadjack! Yesterday I was prodding middle school students to hurry along to class. I told them, "C'mon. I've seen turtles moving faster than you. In fact, I've seen dead turtles moving faster than you." No, they didn't speed up, but I did hear echoes of "dead turtles?" from their lips and were giving me wider berth than they normally would have, otherwise.

Back on topic. That's not outrageously slow. Is it slow? Perhaps, but think about your goal. It's far better for your growth as a swimmer to go at a slow and maintainable pace now and build from that. Pay attention to the fact that endurance and the ability to recover quickly are in many ways more important in a tri than speed. At least, that's what I tell myself as swimmers left and right are zooming past me.