Thanks for posting that link, some crazy stuff over there. I happened to see this quote in someone's signature line:
"Don't go telling me a 100 fly is too difficult...it can't be any where near as hard as running a marathon or competing in a triathlon. "
I think this really speaks to the difference between the competative swimmer mentality and the tri/marathon mentality.Sure it's harder to finish a tri or a marathon and if your only goal is to finish then,sure do something "hard".My goal is to swim fast.Which is harder,finishing a tri or making USMS Top Ten.
The problem with that signature isn't that the author is trying to make a comparison between 3 very different things. The problem is the words "can't be" which indicate that the author hasn't even done a 100 fly. I've done all of the things listed above (including the top tens) and there just isn't really any point in trying to rank them by difficulty. My list would be different than your list depending on our individual strengths and weaknesses.
Thanks for posting that link, some crazy stuff over there. I happened to see this quote in someone's signature line:
"Don't go telling me a 100 fly is too difficult...it can't be any where near as hard as running a marathon or competing in a triathlon. "
I think this really speaks to the difference between the competative swimmer mentality and the tri/marathon mentality.Sure it's harder to finish a tri or a marathon and if your only goal is to finish then,sure do something "hard".My goal is to swim fast.Which is harder,finishing a tri or making USMS Top Ten.
The problem with that signature isn't that the author is trying to make a comparison between 3 very different things. The problem is the words "can't be" which indicate that the author hasn't even done a 100 fly. I've done all of the things listed above (including the top tens) and there just isn't really any point in trying to rank them by difficulty. My list would be different than your list depending on our individual strengths and weaknesses.
