Disagree. You have to be in outstanding shape to make it in the sprints. Haven't you read how much Dara trained? I know Wally Dicks trains(ed) a ton. Just because Evans may do more sheer yardage in the pool does not make it a more impressive feat or mean that she's in better shape. That's just anti-sprinter claptrap.
I really hopes she makes it though!
I would like to conduct a scientific experiment. I nominate Professors Stevenson and Sohlberg to oversee the data. I nominate PWolf to underwrite the idea by paying for all of the entry fees. I nominate Mr. Thornton to be the control group and The Fortress to be the experiment.
The experiment is to compare best times across a span of 30 years for any sprint event of the subject's choosing and then the 400 IM. We will divide the time delta by the best time to come up with a percentage. Presumably the best time will be from 30 years ago or this experiment won't work. For practical purposes we will exclude any swimsuit effects on the times. The Fortress has 9 months to achieve a 400 IM time and can either use this timeframe to come up with a new sprint time or may use a time from the past 2 years. My hypothesis is one can perform relatively better with age in the sprints vs distance.
BTW I have no idea why Mr. Thornton is in the control group but I'm sure he can come up with an appropriate justification. I nominated Wolfy to underwrite the experiment because he has missed enough meets this past year that by paying for these extra meets makes it a financial wash (although I'm not one to talk in this dept).
Just using some round numbers, a ten percent decline would be as follows:
50 free: 24.5 becomes vs 26.95
400 IM: 4:45.00 becomes 5:13.50
Wookie has volunteered to donate a pair of tractor pull tickets to an upcoming Monster Truck Rally for all of the participants in this experiment. And perhaps Dr. Williams (psychnw) can determine what is wrong with my brain for thinking of all of this in the first place.
Disagree. You have to be in outstanding shape to make it in the sprints. Haven't you read how much Dara trained? I know Wally Dicks trains(ed) a ton. Just because Evans may do more sheer yardage in the pool does not make it a more impressive feat or mean that she's in better shape. That's just anti-sprinter claptrap.
I really hopes she makes it though!
I would like to conduct a scientific experiment. I nominate Professors Stevenson and Sohlberg to oversee the data. I nominate PWolf to underwrite the idea by paying for all of the entry fees. I nominate Mr. Thornton to be the control group and The Fortress to be the experiment.
The experiment is to compare best times across a span of 30 years for any sprint event of the subject's choosing and then the 400 IM. We will divide the time delta by the best time to come up with a percentage. Presumably the best time will be from 30 years ago or this experiment won't work. For practical purposes we will exclude any swimsuit effects on the times. The Fortress has 9 months to achieve a 400 IM time and can either use this timeframe to come up with a new sprint time or may use a time from the past 2 years. My hypothesis is one can perform relatively better with age in the sprints vs distance.
BTW I have no idea why Mr. Thornton is in the control group but I'm sure he can come up with an appropriate justification. I nominated Wolfy to underwrite the experiment because he has missed enough meets this past year that by paying for these extra meets makes it a financial wash (although I'm not one to talk in this dept).
Just using some round numbers, a ten percent decline would be as follows:
50 free: 24.5 becomes vs 26.95
400 IM: 4:45.00 becomes 5:13.50
Wookie has volunteered to donate a pair of tractor pull tickets to an upcoming Monster Truck Rally for all of the participants in this experiment. And perhaps Dr. Williams (psychnw) can determine what is wrong with my brain for thinking of all of this in the first place.
