The Fastest Age

You want my position? They are 1) trying to rationally summarize Ion's true position. The reason I need to do that is that his positions are so outlandish that no one believes that he is really saying them. I started out by saying that no one will be able to find a swimmer that disproves his theories, because he is a pretty good swimmer, and that he will make the categories so small that he will always be the faster swimmer. 20 pages later you should agree that I was right. Some of you thought I was slamming Ion with my extension of Lefty's post with summary 3)? I was totally serious, it *is* Ion's position, I was not being rude or jokey. I pointed out that it is very central to his self image. Ion's VO2 max is a pseudo-scientific theory to explain just what a great swimmer he is, and exists for no other reason. As such it is irrelevant, and all of you are wasting your time because you are trying to be logical when Ion is working from a fundamental assumption that you all don't accept. Thus, I have no position on VO2 max. My *hunch* is that Ion's Vo2 max is better than mine, Tall Paul's, or Lefty's, and that he has other reasons to not be in the top ten. (that is why I suggested that he get it checked.) As for the validity of VO2 max, I can swim a 50 fly, no breath at all, faster than Ion can swim a 50 free with all of his 30 or so breaths (and I am in one of those 'slow' age groups), so what does VO2 max have to explain that? What do I get for my public service in explaining Ion's position? Misunderstood because people *still* don't believe what he thinks. 2) No UofC grad would say 'UofC, UofI@CC, pretty close.' Not because Uof I@CC is a bad school, but because UofC grads are snobs. 3) copout is a slang noun, and cop out is a slang verb form. The present perfect form of cop out should be 'copping out', not 'coping out.' And, since I am having trouble coping with this thread, I am thinking of copping out of it.

You want my position? They are 1) trying to rationally summarize Ion's true position. The reason I need to do that is that his positions are so outlandish that no one believes that he is really saying them. I started out by saying that no one will be able to find a swimmer that disproves his theories, because he is a pretty good swimmer, and that he will make the categories so small that he will always be the faster swimmer. 20 pages later you should agree that I was right. Some of you thought I was slamming Ion with my extension of Lefty's post with summary 3)? I was totally serious, it *is* Ion's position, I was not being rude or jokey. I pointed out that it is very central to his self image. Ion's VO2 max is a pseudo-scientific theory to explain just what a great swimmer he is, and exists for no other reason. As such it is irrelevant, and all of you are wasting your time because you are trying to be logical when Ion is working from a fundamental assumption that you all don't accept. Thus, I have no position on VO2 max. My *hunch* is that Ion's Vo2 max is better than mine, Tall Paul's, or Lefty's, and that he has other reasons to not be in the top ten. (that is why I suggested that he get it checked.) As for the validity of VO2 max, I can swim a 50 fly, no breath at all, faster than Ion can swim a 50 free with all of his 30 or so breaths (and I am in one of those 'slow' age groups), so what does VO2 max have to explain that? What do I get for my public service in explaining Ion's position? Misunderstood because people *still* don't believe what he thinks. 2) No UofC grad would say 'UofC, UofI@CC, pretty close.' Not because Uof I@CC is a bad school, but because UofC grads are snobs. 3) copout is a slang noun, and cop out is a slang verb form. The present perfect form of cop out should be 'copping out', not 'coping out.' And, since I am having trouble coping with this thread, I am thinking of copping out of it.