Dara just one the national title in the 100M Freestyle in 54.4 at the ripe old age of 40. Simply Incredible. :applaud: :woot:
If that's not inspiring I don't know what is.
I doubt a 41 year old woman would risk her life by taking harmful substances. She looks that way from proper nutrition and years of hard work.
Maybe/maybe not....as has been brought up many times here and other blogs what Dara has achieved is as significant a milestone in sports as the first sub 4:00 minute mile, Beamon's long jump, etc....simply because no male or female athlete of that age has ever been the "best" as she has recently done in the 50 free with er AR.
Physically the extreme changes in her build particularly from 2000 to 2007 are worth questioning and understanding how/why....again we are seeing a first if you will and maybe it will now become commonplace to see middle age female athletes achieving the same results and bodies.
Interesting that I'm typing this in a hotel room in Vegas with FOX running a story about that found that as many as 8% of high school girls are taking steroids...the vast majority to achieve a "look" vs. for sports...its fine to be optimistic that people are generally "good" and not cheaters....but sadly the reality is a significant amount of people in our society cheat.
I doubt a 41 year old woman would risk her life by taking harmful substances. She looks that way from proper nutrition and years of hard work.
Maybe/maybe not....as has been brought up many times here and other blogs what Dara has achieved is as significant a milestone in sports as the first sub 4:00 minute mile, Beamon's long jump, etc....simply because no male or female athlete of that age has ever been the "best" as she has recently done in the 50 free with er AR.
Physically the extreme changes in her build particularly from 2000 to 2007 are worth questioning and understanding how/why....again we are seeing a first if you will and maybe it will now become commonplace to see middle age female athletes achieving the same results and bodies.
Interesting that I'm typing this in a hotel room in Vegas with FOX running a story about that found that as many as 8% of high school girls are taking steroids...the vast majority to achieve a "look" vs. for sports...its fine to be optimistic that people are generally "good" and not cheaters....but sadly the reality is a significant amount of people in our society cheat.
