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
And here is one more comment that is true, true, true. Many people start training for our triathlon here the week before!! I mean they see me out there training in high seas in January/February swimming my heart out and shake their heads.
Oh, I had to chuckle when I saw this quote, Donna! At the converted quarry across the street from our house, there are at least 2 triathlons held every summer. Starting one week before the race (and especially in the 2 or 3 days before the race), you can always spot the folks out to get their training in at the last second. The swim cap is on sideways and they jump in and start stroking at faster than my 50 free pace (the arm spin rate, not the speed, that is...) My husband and I will look at each other and say, "GOTTA TRAIN!!!"
And so that everyone knows, I mean no disrespect to the non-swimmer triathletes out there. I've worked with some of my good friends to get them 'through' the swim. It's just... show a little repect for the water, folks! Get in ahead of time and do some work. No way would I attempt the run without putting in some training months before!
And here is one more comment that is true, true, true. Many people start training for our triathlon here the week before!! I mean they see me out there training in high seas in January/February swimming my heart out and shake their heads.
Oh, I had to chuckle when I saw this quote, Donna! At the converted quarry across the street from our house, there are at least 2 triathlons held every summer. Starting one week before the race (and especially in the 2 or 3 days before the race), you can always spot the folks out to get their training in at the last second. The swim cap is on sideways and they jump in and start stroking at faster than my 50 free pace (the arm spin rate, not the speed, that is...) My husband and I will look at each other and say, "GOTTA TRAIN!!!"
And so that everyone knows, I mean no disrespect to the non-swimmer triathletes out there. I've worked with some of my good friends to get them 'through' the swim. It's just... show a little repect for the water, folks! Get in ahead of time and do some work. No way would I attempt the run without putting in some training months before!
