SR to NSR: Ridiculous Comments

I am absolutely convinced that after this Sunday's triathlon, I will have EVEN MORE stories to tell that are Ridiculous Comments; you know, all the excuses in the world. I remember my 3rd triathlon and I only (?) placed 3rd and some people asked me what happened? I replied with this: they were faster.:rofl: donna Haha I was dogging it last night at workout a bit. I had no fins for the kick sets. They did 300's I did 150's or 200's...no excuses they're better and more used to it. All I know is I busted my hump literally and figuratively. I got out of my 150 what they got out of their 300...it's all relative. At 37 I'm beyond challenges...except I can drink way more than anyone here...:rofl: :rofl:

Haha I was dogging it last night at workout a bit. I had no fins for the kick sets. The did 300's I did 150's or 200's...no excuses they're better andmore used to it. Al Iknow I busted my hump litereally and figuratively. I got out of my 150 what they got out of their 300...it's all relative. At 37 I'm beyond challenges...except I can drink way more than anyone here...:rofl: :rofl: Now this is A RIDICULOUS COMMENT. No one can even afford my bar tab, except this week; am on the wagon, well, the chuck wagon, or any wagon for that matter; maybe even a red wagon. But come Sunday after the swim, I'm jumping off that wagon to get ready for training for my 350yd fly challenge that starts on Monday!! Must dull the pain, you know?

ahhhhh, raat.... you said you wouldn't tell.... dang.:dunno:

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! :)

i think drowning would be the worst way to go. i lifeguard on wrightsville beach during the summer and it is so rewarding making a save and knowing that the person wouldn't have made it without you, it is a better feeling than swimming a best time or a hard workout or anything like that Jesse: Great! I'll be there this summer -- third week in August. I'll be sure to drown so we can meet. Since I'm just a sprinter, there is probably a fairly high liklihood of this actually occurring. And, really, I've beaten Megan Jendrick. And so has mini-Fort.

Here's a couple, not nearly as funny as those though... I was coaching a high school team and we had one kid who would swear just about every other word he said. I continually kicked him out of practice. Well, his father didn't like that, but since he couldn't defend his son breaking my rules, he just started telling people he's a better coach than me (he'd never coached) and could swim faster than me. So, I told his son after being informed of such, that I would bring my suit to practice every day for the rest of the season and any day his father wanted to race, he could pick the event and we'd go. I heard about three weeks later from one of this kids' friends that his dad got in the community pool to "train" and after taking 5 minutes to do a 50, told his son to tell me he'd been in a bad car accident and couldn't race me that season. Another time a teenage girl apparently told her mother she had beaten my wife, Megan, in the 100 breaststroke. The mother then sent a really snotty e-mail to Megan's website, bragging about it, and asking where she could get the results "for her records." Not wanting to spoil the girls fun, Megan just responded and said, "I'm glad she enjoyed the race. Not sure where the results can be found." A week later the woman e-mailed again and apologized profusely, and let us know her daughter had been grounded. The mom had found the results and I guess was a little upset when she realized her daughter was 7th... and the one girl behind her wasn't Megan. ;)

I was swimming in the pool yesterday doing my workout. I stopped during my repeats and heard several yells from the beach for HELP, HELP, HELP. I jumped out of the pool and ran to the beach. Some one was in trouble in the rough surf. We got him to shore and he was OK. Now this was ridiculus the waves were so rough, I would have never ventured out. The day before a little boy drowned in the hotel pool, no lifeguard on duty and the pool was filled with kids non swimmers on floaties. I wish I had been there I may have been of help or would have prevented it. I arrived just after he was breathing and he died on the way to the hospital. Ridiculous things do happen at swimming pools.

:applaud: Though it may only be a true testament to solid times if it was in the breaststroke. Otherwise... eh, not so much. Megan will admit she prefers sticking to the breaststroke for good reason :laugh2: Ha, ha. This is the ridiculous comment thread. I guess if I was doing free I could beat her doing ***. She is one of mini-Fort's idols though, but she ain't that close to Megan yet. Jesse: I won't be drowning literally. LOL. I'll just have mini-Fort and her buddies look for the cutest life guard. I'm sure she won't mind, although she's not that fond of freestyle ...

George, he's very lucky that you heard him yell. I used to sail on Lake Michigan out of a Chicago harbor. At that time, the Chicago shoreline didn't have a concrete seawall where we were, just enormous boulders. Slippery boulders. Every summer, a few children would drown with boats filled with lifesaving equipment only 30 yards away. Because the wind usually blew out onto the lake out of our field of vision, we never heard the cries. It makes me sick every time I think about it.

Here's a couple, not nearly as funny as those though... I was coaching a high school team and we had one kid who would swear just about every other word he said. I continually kicked him out of practice. Well, his father didn't like that, but since he couldn't defend his son breaking my rules, he just started telling people he's a better coach than me (he'd never coached) and could swim faster than me. So, I told his son after being informed of such, that I would bring my suit to practice every day for the rest of the season and any day his father wanted to race, he could pick the event and we'd go. I heard about three weeks later from one of this kids' friends that his dad got in the community pool to "train" and after taking 5 minutes to do a 50, told his son to tell me he'd been in a bad car accident and couldn't race me that season. ;) I don't know Nathan, this one is absolutely hilarious! What are people thinking to challenge another person and not know for certain that person's capabilities? Hot Air is what it is.... donna