Torres out of 100

I wish people would stop comparing Dara's times to the Men's Masters times. This comparison is just plain silly - nobody in Masteres swimming has the type of training AND recovery program Dara is having. Show me 10 Masters swimmers 40 years old that train full-time - by the way, they should also be Olympians in top physical condition. The only comparison I keep hearing is Spitz. I don't know what he was doing, but to simply say "she can't do it because Spitz could not" ? Jason Lezak swam a 49.1 in 2000 at age 24. That is the prime age for swimmers - yes most world records in Men's swimming are still set between ages 20 and 24 --- so now he swims 47.5 . Sure - he has been training every year since 2000, but layoffs are by no means all that difficult to overcome as people imagine.

I wish people would stop comparing Dara's times to the Men's Masters times. This comparison is just plain silly - nobody in Masteres swimming has the type of training AND recovery program Dara is having. Show me 10 Masters swimmers 40 years old that train full-time - by the way, they should also be Olympians in top physical condition. The only comparison I keep hearing is Spitz. I don't know what he was doing, but to simply say "she can't do it because Spitz could not" ? Jason Lezak swam a 49.1 in 2000 at age 24. That is the prime age for swimmers - yes most world records in Men's swimming are still set between ages 20 and 24 --- so now he swims 47.5 . Sure - he has been training every year since 2000, but layoffs are by no means all that difficult to overcome as people imagine.