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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How about reverse ridiculous comments?
Has someone ever ridiculed or doubted what you said you could do and you then got to "cram it?"
When I used to do jujitsu a guy (who thought himself mr super-fit) heard me talking about push-ups.
He chimed in I bet you can't do 30.
I said I bet I can and will bet you 1 pound for each over 30 I do...for a max of $10.
I dropped laid on the floor pushed up, back down to touch nose and chin...at thirty I said there's your 30. At forty I said you owe me a tenner and at 50 I said I'm not looking to get my workshirts all sweaty.
The guy said "I'm actually impressed!"
I used to do easily a couple of hundred at jujitsu in the warm up drills.
The moral: Just cos I'm not skinny and ripped don't assume I am not atlhetic.
Who else has had "cram it" experiences.
Wow, Rich, that's pretty cool. It goes to show you a book shouldn't be judged by its cover. The same is somewhat similar of me; I don't physically appear to be a very good swimmer by looking at me. At 5'8 and almost 200, most people dismiss my capabilities until the gun goes off; then it's an entirely different story. And by breaking the "mold" so to speak, I am finding that many other people who are interested in swimming aren't as intimidated by what their body looks like. They can look at me and see themselves somewhat, and that all people can be fit at any size or any age if they want to be fit and work toward it.
Pretty good story you told.
donna
How about reverse ridiculous comments?
Has someone ever ridiculed or doubted what you said you could do and you then got to "cram it?"
When I used to do jujitsu a guy (who thought himself mr super-fit) heard me talking about push-ups.
He chimed in I bet you can't do 30.
I said I bet I can and will bet you 1 pound for each over 30 I do...for a max of $10.
I dropped laid on the floor pushed up, back down to touch nose and chin...at thirty I said there's your 30. At forty I said you owe me a tenner and at 50 I said I'm not looking to get my workshirts all sweaty.
The guy said "I'm actually impressed!"
I used to do easily a couple of hundred at jujitsu in the warm up drills.
The moral: Just cos I'm not skinny and ripped don't assume I am not atlhetic.
Who else has had "cram it" experiences.
Wow, Rich, that's pretty cool. It goes to show you a book shouldn't be judged by its cover. The same is somewhat similar of me; I don't physically appear to be a very good swimmer by looking at me. At 5'8 and almost 200, most people dismiss my capabilities until the gun goes off; then it's an entirely different story. And by breaking the "mold" so to speak, I am finding that many other people who are interested in swimming aren't as intimidated by what their body looks like. They can look at me and see themselves somewhat, and that all people can be fit at any size or any age if they want to be fit and work toward it.
Pretty good story you told.
donna
