The Cry Baby Thread

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Allen Stark — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 03:03:04 GMT

George,Bah.Whining and winning are a proven combination. I have my own current whine.I got a cold on my last day of vacation.It progressed to bacterial sinusitis.Today makes one week out of the water ARRRRRG.:cane::cane::dedhorse:

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Former Member — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:10:31 GMT

I think I will report all of you whinners to Popov. May I add whinners are never winners.

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knelson — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:03:09 GMT

Again, today, the water felt like molasses. WHY CAN'T I SWIM FASTER?!?! WWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! :shakeshead: Well, thanks to your user ID and the fact the water felt like molasses, I'd say it's pretty obvious. Too much viscosity!

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Former Member — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:17:36 GMT

Towards the end of last week, I made a pretty good improvement on my 15x100 intervals. Then I took a recovery day on Saturday. Then Sunday, I felt like crap. Again, today, the water felt like molasses. WHY CAN'T I SWIM FASTER?!?! WWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!! :shakeshead:

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Julie Roddin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:48:24 GMT

Hahaha. I'm too clever to be tricked into OW swimming by mere men. But I will promise to swim in the open water on my vacation in June! And, really, Julie, please respect your elders and try to remember that I swim 100s, so the real shortfall should be 1400, not 1450. Sorry about that, Fort. I forgot that you do 100s. Oops, this isn't the trash talk thread, is it? I just ran into my old tri/cycling friends and they were like "Oh, you ONLY swim now?" I'll show them some "ONLY swimming" next time I see them at an open water swim around here. Geeze!

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The Fortress — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:33:43 GMT

Fort is going to be an open water swimmer? Terrific! Welcome to the dark side! hahaha :cheerleader: Hahaha. I'm too clever to be tricked into OW swimming by mere men. But I will promise to swim in the open water on my vacation in June! And, really, Julie, please respect your elders and try to remember that I swim 100s, so the real shortfall should be 1400, not 1450.

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Swimmy — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:25:34 GMT

Men can never take no for an answer ... Fort is going to be an open water swimmer? Terrific! Welcome to the dark side! hahaha :cheerleader:

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Former Member — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:34:08 GMT

Waaaaaaaaaah my back hurts... Mrs Stud by proxy "My husband ran over my foot waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

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The Fortress — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:23:16 GMT

I did get a chuckle out of Dave and Chris trying to talk you into the Chris Greene Lake Swim. Men can never take no for an answer ...

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Julie Roddin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:18:02 GMT

Well, after my crybaby tirade, the meet director (affectionately referred to as "***") went to try to have a short break before the relays. But lo and behold there was already a short break for something. What was it? Something to do with distance ... something I was unfamiliar with ... can't say I paid much attention ... must have been looking for caffeine so that our 200 medley could vanquish your 200 medley relay ... Seriously, congrats to you and Jeff, the distance studs extraordinaire. :bow: LMAO! Yes, you crushed us in the relay. If I wasn't such a *** like our wonderful coach, maybe I would have been able to keep up with Yana on the first 50 and we wouldn't have gotten crushed by so much. I did get a chuckle out of Dave and Chris trying to talk you into the Chris Greene Lake Swim. That made my day! Even the mile swim would be 1450 meters too long for you! HA HA!

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The Fortress — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:11:03 GMT

You mean that break wasn't just for my award? WTF? Well, after my crybaby tirade, the meet director (affectionately referred to as "***") went to try to have a short break before the relays. But lo and behold there was already a short break for something. What was it? Something to do with distance ... something I was unfamiliar with ... can't say I paid much attention ... must have been looking for caffeine so that our 200 medley could vanquish your 200 medley relay ... Seriously, congrats to you and Jeff, the distance studs extraordinaire. :bow:

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Julie Roddin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:00:20 GMT

Julie: I only byatched about my 50 free, my slowest in over 2 years. You were so busy gloating over that magnificent 100 fly of yours, that you weren't hearing correctly. :thhbbb: I also told the meet director that we need a scheduled break between individual events and relays. Us geezers need some recovery time. True, I complained more than usual on Sunday, was just tired I think. I find it hilarious that my 100 fly is being referred to as "magnificent" because I do my best to avoid that stroke in practice along with the evilstroke. See, it just goes to show that if you hang around a studly butterflyer long enough, then you'll improve, it has nothing to do with practice! You mean that break wasn't just for my award? WTF?

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The Fortress — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:43:33 GMT

I now officially hate this pool and never want to swim there again. Waaaaahhh! That's exactly what Vibeke Swanson in my age group says. So if she never shows again, I'm down with that. Next time, come to LC Zones at U of Md, Jim. That pool is way more user friendly. But at least the GMU blocks don't move. At the Albatross Meet, the blocks were loose and wiggly, definitely creating an added degree of difficulty. Julie: I only byatched about my 50 free, my slowest in over 2 years. You were so busy gloating over that magnificent 100 fly of yours, that you weren't hearing correctly. :thhbbb: I also told the meet director that we need a scheduled break between individual events and relays. Us geezers need some recovery time.

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pwolf66 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:18:31 GMT

Hulk witnessed this and asked later "what happened on your first turn?" I believe it was 'What happened on that first turn, it looked like a train wreck?' I also slipped on the 50 free but luckily it was just a slight slip that forced me to push off on the surface. That metal strip is not very appealing. I'll swim the bulkhead any day over that wall. paul

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Julie Roddin — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:06:52 GMT

Waaaaahhh, I hate the GMU walls. I'm with you on this one, but the bulkhead wall is the only one that I don't mind. I wish I had all of Jim & Fort's excuses for why my times were so awful last weekend! On a different note, the computer is ruining my shoulder and eyes. Stabbing pain in right shoulder and need to go to the doctor for a new glasses prescription. UGH!

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The Fortress — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:09:15 GMT

Swimoutlet.com is replacing my ripped Pro! :applaud: Oops, crybaby thread. Karen Duggan is trying to pawn her teenagers off on me. Eek!

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Former Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:45:05 GMT

WWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! It's April 12th and it SNOWED here today. WWWWWAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

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Former Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:21:49 GMT

My foot hurts. I lost half a goggle, swam into the wall, and smacked my foot on the concrete doing a half-assed flip turn. Which, in retrospect, I should have done as an open turn. At the time, that option never crossed my mind. Oh yeah, and this happened yesterday... in a meet :frustrated:

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Former Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:49:31 GMT

Not a large enough rip to be worthy of a separate thread I take it. :thhbbb: She said "ripped" Originally Posted by The Fortress forums.usms.org/.../viewpost.gif My FS Pro ripped a tiny bit at the seam today. Sending it back. She did not say unraveled. :hug:

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Former Member — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:30:04 GMT

You going to swim at the Eaton meet? Gridge on? No, taking it slow getting back in the water.....want to....but am not going to push it too much......

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The Fortress — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:30:07 GMT

Not a large enough rip to be worthy of a separate thread I take it. :thhbbb: Definitely not. But I swam much faster with brand new FS Pro hi neck with small rip on Sat. than I did with completely worn out recordbreaker Pro on Sunday. Hmmm .... what could this mean?! Oh, and I hate the GMU bulkhead. I'm only doing the 50 free at the U of Md from now on. Waaaaaa.

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swimshark — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:54:14 GMT

I ddi the 500 free yesterday and broke the 6 min mark, finally!! But now my shoulder hurts really bad and I have the 400 IM today. Anyone want to bring :wine: to the meet today?

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Former Member — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:35:38 GMT

My FS Pro ripped a tiny bit at the seam today. Sending it back. Not a large enough rip to be worthy of a separate thread I take it. :thhbbb:

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The Fortress — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:41:07 GMT

My FS Pro ripped a tiny bit at the seam today. Sending it back.

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Former Member — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:38:53 GMT

Waaaaaaah! I'm chained to my computer and they won't let me near the pool with an electronic device chained to me!!