Dara Torres-Amazing

You know Paul, this has gone way beyond questioning. You have essentially said that what Dara Torres has done, cannot be done without cheating. Perhaps I am missing some subtle difference between questioning and accusing. I am fine with the fact that you don't believe that she should be able to swim and look like she does. I can tell you that at 38 years of age, I have pretty dramatically changed my physique just by changing my eating habits and swimming. I know at least two women who have dramatically changed their physiques in middle age just by changing diet and workout. One of them was a world class marathoner as a young women and neither was a couch potato. I choose to believe that she is doing this legally (and ethically) until there is at least a shred of real evidence. Well said. How many 41 year olds are 10 pounds lighter and more flexible than they were 8 years before? Josh Davis is 35. He swam 20.14 in Austin in 50 free. Could he drop 1 sec in six years if he followed a training program like Dara's? That would be an interesting experiment. I bet he could EASILY break 20 if he dedicated himself to it. Isn't Ande Rasumussen at or near lifetime bests at 45? It isn't his fingernails.

You know Paul, this has gone way beyond questioning. You have essentially said that what Dara Torres has done, cannot be done without cheating. Perhaps I am missing some subtle difference between questioning and accusing. I am fine with the fact that you don't believe that she should be able to swim and look like she does. I can tell you that at 38 years of age, I have pretty dramatically changed my physique just by changing my eating habits and swimming. I know at least two women who have dramatically changed their physiques in middle age just by changing diet and workout. One of them was a world class marathoner as a young women and neither was a couch potato. I choose to believe that she is doing this legally (and ethically) until there is at least a shred of real evidence. Well said. How many 41 year olds are 10 pounds lighter and more flexible than they were 8 years before? Josh Davis is 35. He swam 20.14 in Austin in 50 free. Could he drop 1 sec in six years if he followed a training program like Dara's? That would be an interesting experiment. I bet he could EASILY break 20 if he dedicated himself to it. Isn't Ande Rasumussen at or near lifetime bests at 45? It isn't his fingernails.