How long does it take to swim 1 mile of breastroke?

It is actually impossible to swim a mile breaststroke. Everyone knows that. There. Thread closed. how about we attempt to do this together? :afraid:

a mile is 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards That is 70.40 lengths of a 25 yard pool, or 35.2 50s or 17.6 100's 1 foot = 0.3048 meters so 5,280 x 0.3048 = 1,609.34 That's a lot of breastroke. It would be much easier in a 25 yard pool than it would in a 50 meter pool or even worse, open water. More pushoffs and pullouts would be better for me and most people. I recommend a relaxed sustainable pace with lots gliding between strokes. I think I could hold around 1:25 to 1:30 per 100 yards and 1:40 to 1:45 meters.

a mile is 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards ... That's a lot of breastroke. ...I think I could hold around 1:25 to 1:30 per 100 yards and 1:40 to 1:45 meters. I was really tempted to call your bluff on that claim... Now that I think about it more I guess it's believable for a strong swimmer. That's essentially 18x100 br on the 1:30 interval. It's way out of my league.

For fun I did a 28:36 for a 1650 *** stoke kick (regular board, no pulling on lane lines. only 1 accidental right arm pull, pushing the board to the side and reaching the wall with the right hand i.e. no pull with the board). I almost even split the entire 1650 this showed me that the main reason why I die in swimming is because of lack of oxygen.

I believe Jason Lassen actually swam the Catalina Channel all breaststroke, for a record. Now that's a whole lot of breaststroke!

It takes too long to swim any distance using breaststroke.

On 24 August 1875, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel without the use of artificial aids. His time: 21 hours, 45 minutes; his stroke: "steady breaststroke."

I actually mostly swim Breaststroke - lately around 2 - 2.5 miles a day. In a 20-yard pool, my fastest 2.5 mile was in 1 hour 50 mins; my fastest 2- mile in a 25-yard pool was 91 mins (3550 yards)... Love the garmin HRM which also records my HR during swims.

The first person to swim the English channel did breaststroke.

Depends upon the breastroker, the pool or body of water where they swim the mile, and the percent effort they're expending. I bet the best male breastrokers, shaved and tapered could swim a mile, 1725 yards in a 25 yard pool holding under 1:05's probably faster than 18:40, they'd be considerably slower in a 50 meter pool where 1 mile is 1,609.344 meters, my guess is the best could hold 1:16's probably 20:40, They'd be a lot slower if they did it straight in open water with no turns. I used to be a competitive swimmer. Now I am much older, I start swimming again just for fitness and I would like to set a goal for myself. My goal is to swim 1 mile of breastroke (breastroke is my specialty) daily; it takes me 35 minutes to swim 1 mile. My question is what is the average time to swimm 1 mile of breastroke? Thanks