Now wait just a gosh darn minute there, Jimbo... You said you were going to interview Mr. Lochte :bow:, not try some sort of Petros Papadakis vs. Ous Mellouli - 50m Sprint - YouTube (which, as you can see, has already been done). We should have gotten some input on the race you intend to challenge him to, not just the questions you plan to ask him.
Skip
Skip, an Olympiad ago, I got to go down and swim with/interview Dara Torres. Part of our practice was 10 x 100 LCM warm up on 1:45 or 2:00. I wanted to stay up with Dara so I could watch her stroke, but she would quickly outdistance me. Not that this was bad. I could watch her turns pretty well this way. Oh, and for some of them, she did up free and back back.
So anyhow, I decided my best chance would arrive on the 9th 100. I knew she would be expecting me to swim fast on the last one. I figured I might have lulled her into complacency, however, by the 9th, when Save-it-up-Sallies like me tend to loaf completely.
I also got her breathing pattern down by then and knew that on the final length, she would be breathing away from my lane adjacent to hers.
Oh, I should add at this point that she NEVER knew I was intending to race her. There was nothing said officially or unofficially.
So, on the 9th x 100 warm up 100, she took her predictable lead, and I got to watch her push off the wall and head back in my direction. I was sure she was utterly complacent at this point, no hint whatsoever of my plan.
As soon as she went by, I sprinted to the wall and did my turn and began to stalk my way up to where I was only a body length behind her, but hiding out in her blind side. I knew if she even sensed I was going to try to beat her to the wall, that she would increase her speed and make quick work of your humble though somewhat duplictous schemer of a correspondent.
With about 15 meters to go, I picked up the pace.
With 8 meters to go, I began to sprint.
I touched her out, though I doubt to this day she knows because as soon as she touched the wall, she lifted her head towards the lane away from mine and began talking to another swimmer.
Anyhow, that's my strategy in a nutshell for beating an Olympic great.
The No. 1 Pointer by far: they must have no idea whatsoever you are racing them. It is not quickness but stealth that wins these duels!
--Jim, by some measures Olympic Silver Medalist in the Women's 50 LCM Freestyle
Now wait just a gosh darn minute there, Jimbo... You said you were going to interview Mr. Lochte :bow:, not try some sort of Petros Papadakis vs. Ous Mellouli - 50m Sprint - YouTube (which, as you can see, has already been done). We should have gotten some input on the race you intend to challenge him to, not just the questions you plan to ask him.
Skip
Skip, an Olympiad ago, I got to go down and swim with/interview Dara Torres. Part of our practice was 10 x 100 LCM warm up on 1:45 or 2:00. I wanted to stay up with Dara so I could watch her stroke, but she would quickly outdistance me. Not that this was bad. I could watch her turns pretty well this way. Oh, and for some of them, she did up free and back back.
So anyhow, I decided my best chance would arrive on the 9th 100. I knew she would be expecting me to swim fast on the last one. I figured I might have lulled her into complacency, however, by the 9th, when Save-it-up-Sallies like me tend to loaf completely.
I also got her breathing pattern down by then and knew that on the final length, she would be breathing away from my lane adjacent to hers.
Oh, I should add at this point that she NEVER knew I was intending to race her. There was nothing said officially or unofficially.
So, on the 9th x 100 warm up 100, she took her predictable lead, and I got to watch her push off the wall and head back in my direction. I was sure she was utterly complacent at this point, no hint whatsoever of my plan.
As soon as she went by, I sprinted to the wall and did my turn and began to stalk my way up to where I was only a body length behind her, but hiding out in her blind side. I knew if she even sensed I was going to try to beat her to the wall, that she would increase her speed and make quick work of your humble though somewhat duplictous schemer of a correspondent.
With about 15 meters to go, I picked up the pace.
With 8 meters to go, I began to sprint.
I touched her out, though I doubt to this day she knows because as soon as she touched the wall, she lifted her head towards the lane away from mine and began talking to another swimmer.
Anyhow, that's my strategy in a nutshell for beating an Olympic great.
The No. 1 Pointer by far: they must have no idea whatsoever you are racing them. It is not quickness but stealth that wins these duels!
--Jim, by some measures Olympic Silver Medalist in the Women's 50 LCM Freestyle
