Blackbeard/Muppet/Jeff is hosting the Terrapin Cup on July 1. There will be at least one grudge race. Others can join in.
Grudge Race #1: Blackbeard/Muppet vs. Fortress in the 50 meter fly LC
Handicap: Blackbeard gives Fort 2 seconds, one for each decade. (Blackbeard 25-29; Fort 45-49)
Fur: Blackbeard goes full fur. Fort wears a worn out Fastskin II.
Blackbeard profile: Been training like a demon. Just swam the 4.4 mile bay swim in an hour and half. Recently developed a hankering for the 50 fly. May hurt himself in advance playing hockey. May be distracted hosting the meet and making sure everything runs well. May still be drinking too much tequila after Dave Barra paid up from grudge race, part 1. Has home field advantage and endurance advantage.
Fort profile: Sketchy training. Sketchy left shoulder. Monofin injury. But won't be swimming any distance free beforehand. Could suffer mommy guilt from skipping Mini-Fort's meet that morning. Likely will not have much sleep the night before. Will compensate with caffeine or guzzle red bulls like Jim Clemmons. Cruise will likely note that there is a risk that Fort will skip the meet and go shopping.
Place your bets or join in.
(Julie: I'll take you on too in that 50 back again if you want. But I'm assuming without my SDK edge in LC, I'd get smoked.)
No handicap at all, Isox?! C'mon. Have you seen Muppet (or checked his 50 fly time from Nats)? He's ripped! I should have asked for a testosterone handicap as well as an age handicap. But Fortson says I look like I'm on 'roids, so I decided not to.
Since I can't participate I put my money on Fort's 50 Fly (sorry Muppet). Regardless of spotty training or injury, she's just too competitive to not win this one especially with a handicap (I wouldn't have done that Muppet).
I think the smart money in Vegas is saying give the time and take Muppet.I'm not sure what the line is with the off-shore bookies. Muppet should be the favorite,but I suspect Fort will come out with fire in her eyes and we'll see an upset. Will it be shown on ESPN or ESPN 2?
Seriously,please someone take videos.
Good Luck to Y'All:bouncing:
Mr. Stark, thank you for the vote! Its going to be tough. Leslie will be training hard, and I'll be doing lots of SCY, plus meet directing. I would be surprised if I can do a 200 w/u beforehand. But nevertheless, if teammate Mike Lee can pull a 1hr28min bay swim out of his burro having trained an average of once a week in the 4 months prior, no reason I shouldn't be able to beat Leslie by 2.51 seconds.
I'll try to have the bovine one film.
OK fort, I'll give you your 2.5 seconds. We'll keep it interesting.
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2.5 it is! I'm gonna kick your ass. :duel:
This is cool. We didn't have an handicapped races last time. :groovy:
Mr. Stark, thank you for the vote! Its going to be tough. Leslie will be training hard, and I'll be doing lots of SCY, plus meet directing. I would be surprised if I can do a 200 w/u beforehand. But nevertheless, if teammate Mike Lee can pull a 1hr28min bay swim out of his burro having trained an average of once a week in the 4 months prior, no reason I shouldn't be able to beat Leslie by 2.51 seconds.
I'll try to have the bovine one film.
The least that GF can do is film our two different heats of fly, since she's doing all that long axis BS. Everyone needs to realize that old people can still beat up on young whipsnappers. I think 2.49 is much more accurate.
Training hard? Ha, ha. Very funny. I can barely push off the wall and haven't been in the water in two days. :violin: We even did drylands at my last practice Thursday night and I couldn't do the vertical streamline jumps. :( But I can crunch with the best of them, so beware. :cool:
Knelson "Hyrdofoil" SwimStud "Tugboat"
50 LCM Fr(eestyle)ont Crawl.
What Handicap do I get ? 28.15 PR in SCY.
I doubt I'll swim a 50 free this summer long course, but I'll probably swim a 100 free. How about you get a handicap of 3.5 seconds for your 50 free against my 50 split in the 100?
I could probably get someone to time me at practice for a 50. If you want to do it that way I'll give you 4.5 seconds.
BTW - I plan to swim the 400, 100 and 200 IM that day.
Those are the same events I'm planning to swim. I'm only going to swim Friday and Saturday, not Sunday.
SwimStud: let's shoot for the 50 free then. I'll get a time somehow. Does 4.5 seconds sound fair?
Hmmm.... I smell a Kirk vs. Kevin showdown in Mission Viejo! With those events, I hope you've both got a full supply of Amino Vital/ Accelerade/ RedBull (a la Fort) and Powerbars. YIKES!!
