I was just reading this blog:chuckiev.blogspot.com/.../swimming-thoughts-galore.html
This guy claims that he never swam before in his life. At first it took him 36 minutes to swim 1500 meters. After only one year he could swim that in LESS than half the time.
After 17 years of swimming I can't swim 1500 meters in less than 18 minutes. Either I'm doing something wrong or that guy is full of.....
Is it possible to get that fast THAT FAST?
...guy claims that he never swam before in his life. At first it took him 36 minutes to swim 1500 meters. After only one year he could swim that in LESS than half the time.
Is it possible to get that fast THAT FAST?
That is amazing, but within the realm of possible. As an age-group and HS swimmer I saw some remarkable time drops. One kid, who was so slow that he wasn't even on my "radar screen" came back after a summer away and blew away everyone on the team in the 500 free. He must have gone from ~8 min to 5:15 over one summer.
...guy claims that he never swam before in his life. At first it took him 36 minutes to swim 1500 meters. After only one year he could swim that in LESS than half the time.
Is it possible to get that fast THAT FAST?
That is amazing, but within the realm of possible. As an age-group and HS swimmer I saw some remarkable time drops. One kid, who was so slow that he wasn't even on my "radar screen" came back after a summer away and blew away everyone on the team in the 500 free. He must have gone from ~8 min to 5:15 over one summer.
