Last Friday while doing sprinting and drills, a fellow yelled at me and asked me if I needed a doctor (I was huffing and puffing naturally), and I said No, just sprinting. He insisted on trying to have a conversation with me about his long distance swimming. I will point out I know this fellow and he is not athletic, he does the bar scene, very unfit.
He told me he swam 10 miles in an hour, and the instant he told me that I broke out in hilarious laughter. He was shocked. I told him it was humanly impossible without an attached motorized device and that our dive boats here don't even go 10 miles an hour.
So, he said we could meet and he would show me, I said how about tomorrow because Saturday is my distance day. He said, Oh, I can't because I got a tatoo and I have to stay out of the water for 2 months!!
Don't people realize we didn't just fall off the turnip truck? Anyone ever brag to you about some swim facts that could not be true? Maybe this is something a person can say to a non-swimming person, but I am in the water training 4 days a week; I am the last person to make such an outrageous statement to!!!
donna
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I will point out I know this fellow and he is not athletic, he does the bar scene, very unfit.
He told me he swam 10 miles in an hour, and the instant he told me that I broke out in hilarious laughter.
Obviously alcohol seems to be involved. :) Even a svelte and speedy runner would face a physical challenge repeating (10) six minute miles.
As far as the fairly tales...I swam on the same team as the guy who did the (100) 100's on a minute. His name was Bobby Hackett and he competed at the '76 Olympics. He was holding them in the mid to low 50's on the last ones.
But in terms of bragging by novices...I've heard some pretty fierce talk in the locker rooms amongst the triathlete/lap swimmers. The same ones who do a fifty... and then lean on the wall for five minutes ...just staring blankly back at the ocean they crossed. Animals. Yep they are.
I will point out I know this fellow and he is not athletic, he does the bar scene, very unfit.
He told me he swam 10 miles in an hour, and the instant he told me that I broke out in hilarious laughter.
Obviously alcohol seems to be involved. :) Even a svelte and speedy runner would face a physical challenge repeating (10) six minute miles.
As far as the fairly tales...I swam on the same team as the guy who did the (100) 100's on a minute. His name was Bobby Hackett and he competed at the '76 Olympics. He was holding them in the mid to low 50's on the last ones.
But in terms of bragging by novices...I've heard some pretty fierce talk in the locker rooms amongst the triathlete/lap swimmers. The same ones who do a fifty... and then lean on the wall for five minutes ...just staring blankly back at the ocean they crossed. Animals. Yep they are.
