When I swim *** stroke and stick to proper technique, I get much more winded then when I swim Freestyle or Backstroke (but not as winded as when I swim butterfly).
In fact, I don't even know if I could finish a 200 yd *** stroke race.
Why is this?
Don't say that. Paul and John Smith used to give me a good run in the 100 IM years back based on three strokes only. Luckily, my two good strokes (back and ***) out paced their three great strokes.
As long as you can turn your feet out, you can do breaststroke. Just keep working on it.