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jellybaby
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That is quick, more than 20 minutes quicker than anyone else on the day.
How? Technique and miles in the pool, but mostly technique.
I got my Swim CSS (rough equivalent of FTP) from 2:00/100m down to 1:30/100m a few years ago (i.e. 20min/km down to 15min/km). Once I got my technique dialled in it was a case of doing more and more swimming with hand paddles to build up the arm/shoulder strength needed to keep going for more than an hour at that pace. It quickly goes though.