Dara Torres-Amazing

Quicksilver.....hope you were being sarcastic about the smoking thing!!!! As a former 25+ year smoker....I find that is the hardest thing to get back.. lung capacity!!!!!

I'm not taking it anymore - I'm gathering up my ironman watch, pull buoy, diaper shorts, bike shoes, bike pedals, heart rate monitor, wetsuit, paddles, scuba-esque goggles, dorkle and unitard and going over the the USAT discussion forum. Peace out, fruitcakes! Oh, and my flaxseed oil, fish oil, quercetin, coq10, etc too. Get some of that!

who is the enigmatic White Buffalo? This should bring you up to speed ande. It's very interesting. But I still would like to believe that Dara's time were done au naturale. How many of us know or have seen a 40+ masters competitor swim a sprint race very very close to their college times? Rich Abrahams used to smoke up to 2 packs a day in his his 30's according to an interview not too long ago. In his late 50's he was going 21 again for the 50 yard free. Obviously the smoking enhanced his lung capacity. Not. (No offense intended to Rich if he reads this.) He's a great example of old dudes kicking ass. canuckswimmer.blogspot.com/.../i-came-to-praise-torres-but-intend-to_28.html

You make a very good point Rob. Some of the substances that supposedly Bonds used were not illegal at the time they were supposedly used....... So, do we make them illegal retroactively?

not me, I'd need to be much faster. Dara is probably faster than me I'd be thrilled to go 54.4 in the 100 free how do you quantify how great a baseball player is Base ball players don't have to drag their bodies through the water AndeThat's an argument for another day.

This is the best row we've had since watching Stud's backstroke starts and turns on youtube.com. www.youtube.com/watch For those who missed it and want in on Geek's funny! Even though you might suspect it...I wasn't doping! BTW - it took me 30 minutes to figure out how to pump up those super skinny tires. Wow, next time just try orally filling them with some that hot air you're full of... :party2::party2::party2:

From ESPN.com (December, 2004): Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a clear substance and a cream given to him by a trainer who was indicted in a steroid-distribution ring, but said he didn't know they were steroids, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday. Bonds told a U.S. grand jury that he used undetectable steroids known as "the cream" and "the clear," which he received from personal trainer Greg Anderson during the 2003 season. According to Bonds, the trainer told him the substances were the nutritional supplement flaxseed oil and a pain-relieving balm for the player's arthritis. I knew it....there is no other way of explaining Geek and his sudden found confidence and aggression in conquering the world of triathlon...not even a little girly bell on his bike shakes his confidence! By the way....with the cycling world falling back onto and old tried and true method of blood doping....I wonder if USS/FINA have added that into their testing protocol?

If you're going to bring in Baseball.....one name stands out......Nolan Ryan!!! How old was he when he threw his seventh no-hitter? 44 And then how old was he when he retired? 46

Will Mrs Geek allow you to leave your block (since Maryland is a little far for her little soldier to travel) or will you just ride in the driveway in case I happen by? It'll be a dizzying triathalon...you swim in a kiddie pool, circles in the driveway on the bike (don't forget the bell *ting-a-ling*) then running laps around the house... :lmao: Now that's funny......I don't care who you are......that's funny!!!! Picture Geek riding up and down his driveway!!!!!!:lmao::lmao::lmao:

No, I live in the Chicago area thank you. How many of those can really be compared to Dara. To have walked away for 6-7 years, but stayed in great shape. Then try to come back. There may be some real phsyical benefits in the breaks she takes so her body can heal. Also comparing it basketball players that never left or even those that did is still not valid in my mind because the pounding up and down the court takes it's toll. There's also a lot more traveling involved. Basketball cannot really be compared to sprinting 50s and 100s. Elway is different too because of the toll football takes on your body. More so for linemen than quarterbacks, but still. It's a lot more brutal than swimming. The possible best other sport comparison might be baseball. Clemens is unreal, too. Again though the constant traveling has an effect, too. I think that is a big part of what wears pro athletes out. There have been a number of football players over the years in the UK play into the late 30's. Whilst not a brutal game...there is certainly a heck of a lot of wear and tear...these older guys have all had one thing in common and that's the dedication to training and extra rest....so I think if you stay on top of your training you have a shot...again tough to cross compare sports in such a way.