Is it possible to improve THAT fast?

it's possible but unlikely the World record for 1500 freestyle is 14:34.56 by Grant Hackett from Australia We need to get more facts about his situation and the actual swim, like: scm or lcm, how old was he? I need more facts as for you, stop Comparing and Despairing Read Tip 80 Comparing and Desparing you can Swim Faster Faster Read em & reap, now get to work Ande 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?

it's possible but unlikely the World record for 1500 freestyle is 14:34.56 by Grant Hackett from Australia We need to get more facts about his situation and the actual swim, like: scm or lcm, how old was he? I need more facts as for you, stop Comparing and Despairing Read Tip 80 Comparing and Desparing you can Swim Faster Faster Read em & reap, now get to work Ande 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?