But I'll post anyways as it may be an encouragement to other newbies (like me) to get on board and encourage each other.

I'm now two weeks and change into the new program.  I'm not sure I'll ever LOVE swimming, but it is good exercise and there are lots of things that I can challenge myself with to keep it somewhat interesting.  I miss being outside in the cool air running through the park as the sun comes up, but oh well.

Anyhow, I'm up to swimming 1650 meters stopping only long enough to make my very poor turns at either end of a 25 m pool.  I will probably push further once a week, but I'll likely leave my daily workout at 1650 for a while.  It feels ok, not great yet.  I certainly haven't mastered bilateral breathing although I spent several laps focused only on that yesterday.

I watched the TI video yesterday for the first time... Wow, I just can not imagine being able to swim that way.  The idea of recovering to sweet spot just looks like I'd end up drowning!!!  I have tried drill one several times and it's all I can do to stay afloat!  I am getting better at it though.  Maybe some day I'll be a TI swimmer, LOL!