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
Nathan,
Your story about Megan reminded me of one. A friend of mine at work has kids that swim. A couple months ago at a meet, and I forget the exact circumstances, his daughter thought she was swimming next to Megan in an event. When she finished and realized she beat the girl next to her she was ecstatic! Of course she found out later it wasn't actually Megan Jendrick next to her. That took a little wind out of her sails! :)
Nathan,
Your story about Megan reminded me of one. A friend of mine at work has kids that swim. A couple months ago at a meet, and I forget the exact circumstances, his daughter thought she was swimming next to Megan in an event. When she finished and realized she beat the girl next to her she was ecstatic! Of course she found out later it wasn't actually Megan Jendrick next to her. That took a little wind out of her sails! :)
