... It's truly the world's greatest event ... 'The Black Widow of swimming' is merciless ...
Having just fallen off the turnip truck, I've never heard that before. Here's a cite from 2009. It's full of great quotes.
Phelps came to fear the 400 I.M. for the usual reasons: the muscle aches, the nausea and a temporary paralysis that can make breathing difficult. “It’s one of the hardest races,” he said, “and I’d like to try other events.”
If it's tough enough to intimidate Michael Phelps, it's a tough race.
... sure enough, Lochte plans to follow Phelps to the sideline. “After this summer I’m done with this event,” he said.
Lochte, ditto. Of course, we all know how that turned out. Katie Hoff:
"It doesn’t matter how hard you train or how many ridiculously horrible I.M. sets you do, the race doesn’t get any easier. It might get a little bit easier, but it’s still going to hurt more than any event out there.” ... “I get the most nervous for it, I have the most pain,” she said. “It’s just not a pleasant event."
More:
The 400 I.M. is the decathlon and the Belmont Stakes rolled into one eight-lap gut-check. Bowman ... said: “You’ve got to be a distance swimmer, you’ve got to be a sprinter. You’ve got to do all the strokes, you have to have strength. You have to cover every base and that requires a training program which is puritanical.”
pwb, you lazy slug!
My favourite part, except for the finish, is the first pullout of the breaststroke leg ...
I have to throttle down my last length of backstroke just to make it. The other three pullouts ain't apple pie, either.
It's easily the best event in the pool.
Let's race the 800 IM!
... It's truly the world's greatest event ... 'The Black Widow of swimming' is merciless ...
Having just fallen off the turnip truck, I've never heard that before. Here's a cite from 2009. It's full of great quotes.
Phelps came to fear the 400 I.M. for the usual reasons: the muscle aches, the nausea and a temporary paralysis that can make breathing difficult. “It’s one of the hardest races,” he said, “and I’d like to try other events.”
If it's tough enough to intimidate Michael Phelps, it's a tough race.
... sure enough, Lochte plans to follow Phelps to the sideline. “After this summer I’m done with this event,” he said.
Lochte, ditto. Of course, we all know how that turned out. Katie Hoff:
"It doesn’t matter how hard you train or how many ridiculously horrible I.M. sets you do, the race doesn’t get any easier. It might get a little bit easier, but it’s still going to hurt more than any event out there.” ... “I get the most nervous for it, I have the most pain,” she said. “It’s just not a pleasant event."
More:
The 400 I.M. is the decathlon and the Belmont Stakes rolled into one eight-lap gut-check. Bowman ... said: “You’ve got to be a distance swimmer, you’ve got to be a sprinter. You’ve got to do all the strokes, you have to have strength. You have to cover every base and that requires a training program which is puritanical.”
pwb, you lazy slug!
My favourite part, except for the finish, is the first pullout of the breaststroke leg ...
I have to throttle down my last length of backstroke just to make it. The other three pullouts ain't apple pie, either.
It's easily the best event in the pool.
Let's race the 800 IM!
