Since I am in the Dixie Zone, I was perusing the results of meets this weekend and saw that Dara Torres, who turned 40 on Sunday, went 21.91 in the 50 free and 48.34 in the 100 free this weekend in St. Petersburg this past weekend. I guess that she is serious about this comeback. It will be interesting to see how she can do long course.
Since I was at Y Nationals, I looked up results to see how she would have done against the men. There was one 31 yo who was faster in both the 50 and 100 and a 45 yo who was faster in the 100 by a small amount. Pretty incredible.
Speaking of "kid"- my God, she just had one!!!!
That's what I think is amazing. She seemed to not miss a step in her training... that's impressive. If she makes it, she's the fastest, she goes. End of story. I see age in our society as not being much of an "excuse" anymore. It's about hard work and talent, at any age, in my opinion.
We, mere mortals (me, I'll speak for me) have really struggled balancing: family, work, and swimming. All hail Dara :notworthy:
Speaking of "kid"- my God, she just had one!!!!
That's what I think is amazing. She seemed to not miss a step in her training... that's impressive. If she makes it, she's the fastest, she goes. End of story. I see age in our society as not being much of an "excuse" anymore. It's about hard work and talent, at any age, in my opinion.
We, mere mortals (me, I'll speak for me) have really struggled balancing: family, work, and swimming. All hail Dara :notworthy:
