FSII Kneeskins - It Ain't No Prom Dress

Kristina! You are so petite and tiny that there is no way you could look like a he-man. The way you have been swimming in our workouts.....now that on the other hand SHOULD scare the competition! I can't wait to see what you do this weekend! You are going to do great! Your (sometimes) workout buddy!:wave: Beth You are way too kind Beth! Thanks for the positive thoughts! I got a sinus infection Sunday/ Monday that is HORRIBLE so I'm missing some practices this week. Don't you love the timing of these things? I'm thinking my symptoms should be okay by this weekend, but it's going to be a tough meet as my energy is zapped. But, if Natalie Coughlin can swim worlds AND face the nasty press, "How does it feel to dishonor your country?," I figure I can at least show up and do my best - good times or not. :)

Hey sis. Don't you mean: She-Ra? :D Uh - Sure! If I suddenly sprout long blond hair and a DD chest - I think I'd be just like her. See you this weekend Mike!

Surely it cannot be as bad as this? :applaud: Very nice! I will try and post mine tonight. I see we both have the challenge of ensuring that certain upper body parts actually stay in the suit. I don't feel alone anymore!

Well, I guess that She-Man could be offensive? HeMan's ugly twin with a similar outfit plus two pasties. . . or, party on the top and . . . well, I won't go there. I'll post my pic of me in my fastskin and then we could go from there. That's funny. I was Xena for 10 years at work. But it was Xena, Evil Director of HR. Or, aka Catbert. ;) I was nicknamed She-Ra when I did gymnastics ... I love my fullbody suit (well the bodyskin - No arms) but I also have a severe lack of breaststroke in my life, and I for one am very happy about that. Beth and Kristina, I'm very sorry to hear about your teammate, how scary and sad. That is very difficult.

Uh - Sure! If I suddenly sprout long blond hair and a DD chest - I think I'd be just like her. See you this weekend Mike! You mean you don't look like her? aw...darn...why girls always gotta be messing with us guys.... :) I'd post a pic of me in a speedo suit but it would be cruel and unusual punishment... *thinks about photo shop and the pic from when he was 18, and the latest head and shoulders shot* hmmm

Best of luck in your meet. Although according to Beth, you probably don't need it. :) How about a picture of you juming out of the water with a hand raised in the air, celebrating your first victory with the new FSII suit? Now that would make a worthy avatar! Thank you scyfreestyler! That would be a very positive message! And if I don't do well (as I'm horribly sick this week), I'll simply change the pic to snarling while flexing my bicep.

Kristina, I'm right there with you....I haven't been able to swim much lately either. My mother had to have a cardiac cath and angioplasty Monday. Thank God she is doing well and came home yesterday afternoon. I've had a stomach virus for the last week....fun. I've also been pretty upset about Bob. His death kind of puts life in perspective doesn't it? I'm entered in the meet this weekend....not sure what i'm going to do. I might just go and swim the 50 and 100 free and maybe 100 IM and some fun relays. I'm not expecting PB's....I just want to have fun. If I get a PB that will be icing on the cake. Beth, I'm so sorry to hear about your mom, but I'm pleased that she's doing well. Please know that she and you are both in my prayers. If you're going to the meet, I'll be sure to attend as well and we'll keep eachother strong! You know how I mumble, "Think positive" during the practices! We can shout it from the rooftops at the meet. And how can I forget our singing during one of Kim's killer sets, Hurts so good! Sometimes my stroke don't feel like it should! Hurts so good! Bob's death was a devastating blow for me as well. Yes, it was frightening, scary, sad, to see this seemingly healthy, fit man collapse during practice.:confused: I was glad to attend his rememberance and speak with some of his family members and reminisce about his youth. Did you know that both his parents were swim coaches? It does make me rethink priorities in life. Swimming while sick - piece of cake and happy to be swimming at all. Makes me think of one of the Navy Seals sayings - something to the effect of, "Be happy to feel the pain. Pain is your friend. It means you are alive." How is it that I learn more with each passing year but know less and less at the same time? :agree: Take care of yourself Beth and I hope to see you at a practice or at least come this weekend. Did you know that you were the one swimmer who inspired me to start racing the men? I saw how you whooped their butts - you showed me how it was done - and you still do! :notworthy:

Thanks Fortress. She is doing well. She has had 3 caths with angioplasty and stents in the past year and a half! I count every day with her as a blessing and I just pray that we can stay a step ahead of her heart problems. It was pretty scary last week when one of my teammates died suddenly of a heart attack at practice last week. It really puts life in perspective and makes you realize how precious life really is. Our names being almost the same was totally coincidental! Isn't that wild! Kristina.....are you sure we aren't sisters seperated at birth? :agree: I could only hope to be so lucky as to be your sister Beth! I know - Beth, I never apologized for choosing a user name so close to yours! I just sort of joined recently and then started looking at this board and saw that someone else had a user name almost like mine. And then I learned that it was you! BUT - I am working on changing my user name to either (S)he-Man or GoodTimes. I need to check and see if either of those are taken. Hey! But we are linked by old Dekalb County Records, right? Didn't you hold the 50 fly record which was broken by Nanette Vallicillo (whom you taught fly to) and then I broke Nanette's record. Now that's sisterhood! And then, you got me back by kicking my butt in the 100 free!

Beth: Now, if this is really true, you should be doing breaststroke and leave that 50 fly to me. :banana: I will not be approaching your 100 free time either! :notworthy: Kristina: I like your proposed new names, especially (S)he man. Is that why I favour breaststroke because of my thighs? Does this Speedo make my butt look fat? :rofl: I don't like (S)he man that's kind of creepy...

Is that why I favour breaststroke because of my thighs? Does this Speedo make my butt look fat? :rofl: I don't like (S)he man that's kind of creepy... Why's it creepy? There's a HeMan. Why not a SheMan? Teela just doesn't cut it. Uh oh - I already asked the admin to change it. We'll see. She-Ra, as recommended by my little bro, is just too fru-fru for me. I may as well be a Wonder Twin. :laugh2: