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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More tall tales:
Tonight I had the honor of sharing a lane with a guy who used to swim the Mile IM. Am I privileged or what?:rofl: :rofl: After telling me this he demonstrated his awesom freestyle form. I tried counting strokes but had to quit around 30 when it was my "go time" again (he was just a little past the middle of the 25y pool).
Pool:
I too new to disagree. BUT, I am a bad technical swimmer (and slow), but I did swim mile+ OW. While I will never say I can IM (any distance), but I did what I did. I probably worked harder than any other swimmer because of poor form...BUT I did what I did! Maybe he did too?
More tall tales:
Tonight I had the honor of sharing a lane with a guy who used to swim the Mile IM. Am I privileged or what?:rofl: :rofl: After telling me this he demonstrated his awesom freestyle form. I tried counting strokes but had to quit around 30 when it was my "go time" again (he was just a little past the middle of the 25y pool).
Pool:
I too new to disagree. BUT, I am a bad technical swimmer (and slow), but I did swim mile+ OW. While I will never say I can IM (any distance), but I did what I did. I probably worked harder than any other swimmer because of poor form...BUT I did what I did! Maybe he did too?
