Originally Posted by
TTULaw
I'm the OP. I turned 31 today and swam a mile for the first time in my life. Thank you everyone for the advice. The best advice was to swim more. I got a membership to the local Y and now swim 3 times a week. I also followed the Zero to 1650 plan fairly religiously. Until today that is and I decided to go for it.
next stop, IRONMAN
Glad the zero to 1650 helped. As they say on their website, when you're doing it the rests don't seem enough but if you hang tough you get through. Keep it regular and you might even start to enjoy it.