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?
I did a tri with a 1000m swim leg as a complete non swimmer and went around 26min. I do this tri every year as a relay and I slowly moved it down to 16:30, but it took five hard years of swimming to do it and it did not all come the first year. In fact the biggest time drop was the second year of training.
If this guy cut it in half in the first year to an 18min, then I think he was on track to make an Olympic Trials bid with five more years of training or so. Where did the rest of his swimming career take him?
Is this for long course, Chris? What about short course, or heck, even the 1650?
One of the guys in that list, Chris Krupiarz, was a teammate and friend of mine in age group swimming!
Hey Kirk, long time no see! :) My sister stumbled across this thread and let me know. I see later that Chris clarified that it was LCM, but I really think it was a SCY 1650 time at UMBC. My memory may be foggy, but I really don't recall doing any long course 1500s during that time. That's back when Teresa and I were training for Chesapeake Bay Swim in case you were wondering what the heck I was doing trying to be a distance swimmer. ;)
Chris Krupiarz
So as not to derail this thread, GIYF (as is the search function here). Other details of the blogger's story may be implausible, but I don't find that aspect to be.
When the founders of this forum established the framework their intention was to have threads be alive. Threads change direction to reflect the changing views and spin off topics that are inevitable when conversation progresses. And besides, pointing back to older threads as rule of law implies that innovation does not occur.
Oh and I don't know what GIYF means.
Tothe original question: is it possible to improve from 36:00 to sub 18:00 in one year in the 1500M, I think the answer is *maybe* but it probably has never been done before.
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
Thanks, I needed that:blush:
Your thread is great btw. I'm getting to work now:agree:
I did a tri with a 1000m swim leg as a complete non swimmer and went around 26min. I do this tri every year as a relay and I slowly moved it down to 16:30, but it took five hard years of swimming to do it and it did not all come the first year. In fact the biggest time drop was the second year of training.
If this guy cut it in half in the first year to an 18min, then I think he was on track to make an Olympic Trials bid with five more years of training or so. Where did the rest of his swimming career take him?
I don't know what the trial cut in the 1500 was in 1992, I am going to guess around 16:20. If someone went from 36:00 to 17:45 with their goggles falling off (and a run of the mill masters meet where they probably lapped the field) then the implication is that said swimmer could qualify for trials with just a few more months of training.
