I started cycling about 5 years ago after a long absence. About 3 years ago, my wife took up jogging, so I started going with her (although I'm pretty sure I once swore that running was a stupid activity and I was never going to do it When I was a kid, I used to swim competitively, so I figured that since I was 2/3rds of the way to a triathlon, I might as well start swimming again. Since then I've managed to complete two incredibly slow half-ironman events.

As part of my reintroduction to swimming, I read the Immersion Swimming book. There are some good ideas there about technique, and it's much different than what I was taught back in the 70's. The one line description would be "Reducing drag is WAY more important than increasing power. So work on your form."

Nick