Dara Torres-Amazing

Here is the quote that got me (from the NYT article on Torres): Driving home one night from a sushi dinner, Torres’s partner, David Hoffman, admitted that he’ll be relieved when Torres emerges from her Olympic training tunnel. “We don’t spend as much time together,” he told me as he idled his car outside their home. “We can’t go on a vacation.” Torres had driven home separately with Tessa. Hoffman watched the swimmer standing in their driveway at dusk, her mind clearly turned toward getting Tessa to bed, so that she could get nine hours of sleep herself. “I can’t wait until this is over,” Hoffman sighed. “It’ll have been two years.” Surely one doesn't have to be a diehard conservative (which I definitely am not) to be just a little turned off by this? As inspirational as her feats have been, DT had nothing left to prove. She's already been to the Olympics 4 times. I don't spend nearly the amount of time on training that DT does and yet still I am -- or try to be -- very sensitive to any sign from my wife that it is taking away from family time or responsibilities. I am sure all of you have similar balancing acts to perform. I am not willing to call DT a bad mother or girlfriend based on one article, but I suppose it did dampen my enthusiasm for her achievements more than any talk about PEDs.

Here is the quote that got me (from the NYT article on Torres): Driving home one night from a sushi dinner, Torres’s partner, David Hoffman, admitted that he’ll be relieved when Torres emerges from her Olympic training tunnel. “We don’t spend as much time together,” he told me as he idled his car outside their home. “We can’t go on a vacation.” Torres had driven home separately with Tessa. Hoffman watched the swimmer standing in their driveway at dusk, her mind clearly turned toward getting Tessa to bed, so that she could get nine hours of sleep herself. “I can’t wait until this is over,” Hoffman sighed. “It’ll have been two years.” Surely one doesn't have to be a diehard conservative (which I definitely am not) to be just a little turned off by this? As inspirational as her feats have been, DT had nothing left to prove. She's already been to the Olympics 4 times. I don't spend nearly the amount of time on training that DT does and yet still I am -- or try to be -- very sensitive to any sign from my wife that it is taking away from family time or responsibilities. I am sure all of you have similar balancing acts to perform. I am not willing to call DT a bad mother or girlfriend based on one article, but I suppose it did dampen my enthusiasm for her achievements more than any talk about PEDs.