Mark Shubert from the NY Times article on Dara:
"But -let's face it- compared with the Olympics, even the Master's World Championships is a glorified losers' round, and holding a master's world record is hardly an exciting achievement. . . "
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Dara's accomplishments have always been impressive, but it's not particulary noteworthy that she's still performing at the level she did 20 years ago. Many of us USMS swimmers are not that far off what we were doing 20 years ago. But since those times weren't world records, nobody outside the USMS community cares. And the reason we are not going faster is that we put our relationships with our partners and children, and our careers if we have them, ahead of our pursuit of athletic glory. I'm not judging Dara. We all have to make our own choices. But I'm also not one bit jealous.
Dara's accomplishments have always been impressive, but it's not particulary noteworthy that she's still performing at the level she did 20 years ago. Many of us USMS swimmers are not that far off what we were doing 20 years ago. But since those times weren't world records, nobody outside the USMS community cares. And the reason we are not going faster is that we put our relationships with our partners and children, and our careers if we have them, ahead of our pursuit of athletic glory. I'm not judging Dara. We all have to make our own choices. But I'm also not one bit jealous.
