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.
Would you put that garbage in your system knowing you would pass it directly on to your kid? Not many women would that I know.
There are news stories on a regular basis about druggies who use while pregnant and put their children's lives in danger to feed their habit. You could probably argue that competition is (on some small level) similar to drug addiction. I know that it is addictive for me. Who is to say that the allure of Olympic gold isn't strong enough to overpower the natural instincts of a mother to protect her child. All I am saying is that the argument that a mother couldn't possibly do that to her child is not really all that convincing in my mind.
I have used most of my posts to defend Dara. The bottom line for me is that she is, by all outward appearances, an affable person. That is enough for me, without any real evidence to the contrary, to like her and cheer her anomalous achievements. That's not to say that I won't be extremely disappointed if it turns out that she is a cheat. It's funny that Bonds was brought up. I can't help but think that if he had been more friendly and outgoing, that the public may have stood behind him a bit more when he was under fire.
Would you put that garbage in your system knowing you would pass it directly on to your kid? Not many women would that I know.
There are news stories on a regular basis about druggies who use while pregnant and put their children's lives in danger to feed their habit. You could probably argue that competition is (on some small level) similar to drug addiction. I know that it is addictive for me. Who is to say that the allure of Olympic gold isn't strong enough to overpower the natural instincts of a mother to protect her child. All I am saying is that the argument that a mother couldn't possibly do that to her child is not really all that convincing in my mind.
I have used most of my posts to defend Dara. The bottom line for me is that she is, by all outward appearances, an affable person. That is enough for me, without any real evidence to the contrary, to like her and cheer her anomalous achievements. That's not to say that I won't be extremely disappointed if it turns out that she is a cheat. It's funny that Bonds was brought up. I can't help but think that if he had been more friendly and outgoing, that the public may have stood behind him a bit more when he was under fire.
