best 1500m free times

I agree 100% knelson, the extra oxygen will offset any balance advantage you get from bilatteral. I wish I could find the article, perhaps someone will remember, but (I think) Don Talbot said that the number one reason Austalia dominates the US in distance swimming is because the US emphasizes bilatteral too much. This was from Swimming World 1997-98?

31 mins it took today,i managed good stroke counts at around 19-21,maybe i'll get to that 25 min goal this year after all,gonna take a lot o work though

Mark Varney; I wish that I lived nearer Gareth Eckley from Wales who posts on here.He has given me a lot of good advice but I guess that I really need a "coach" that can actually see where my fault are when I am swimming Gee, thanks !! You could always send me a video of your swim. Film this from front, side and back at slow, medium and fast speed, also showing turns and push offs. I will see if i can help. I could also send you workouts by email. There are Ti clinics in the UK that you could tryout: www.totalimmersion.co.uk There also clinics by Robin Brew, UK swimming Tri coach, that you could try. These are in the UK and in Lanzarote. Go to: www.robinbrewsports.com/

I agree with Matt. A lot of workouts have middle aged swimmers or seniors on 5 to 10 second rest intervals. That's ok for short distances or swimming more moderately. But I believe that its better for many of us 45 plus that are not the top swimmers to go with intervals that match our ability. I can't do a 1:30 freestyle interval since to go under 1:25 in workouts I have to swim fairly fast. I can't do 1:50 intervals on ***, or fly or back or IM. I rarely go under 1:40 in workouts in these strokes.

another 31 mins this morn,gonna add flip turns next(my secret weapon)25 mins get ready for me!!!:D

The way I swim breaststroke I woudn't want to do it for a 1,500 unless I got rid of the underwater pulls. It might be easier for you to swim freestyle open turns. I sometimes do the 1,500 with mixed of open turns and flipped turns. In practice I think I did the 1650 around 27 minutes to 28 mintues. I have done in a short distance health club pool 1,400 yards of all 4 strokes and I was sore from that.

dratt!!!!my secret weapon didnt work..i added flip turns all the way through yesterday and only managed 33 mins appx...maybe i need more time to hone my turns / stroke and then maybe i'll do 25 mins

If you want to swim a 1500 in 25 min you'll need to swim at a pace of 1:40/100m. You should use interval training to achieve this--sets of 100's at your desired race pace (in this case 1:40). When you can swim 15 100's on 2:00 holding a pace of 1:40, shorten the interval.