I guess controversy sells ...
"Track and field is so much more physically demanding ..."
Michael Phelps is not the greatest Olympic athlete in history
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As someone who is was pretty quick on land, and transitionedto Tri's, I have a unique perspective. I've also said condescending things about how swimmers take weeks of taper to swim a few hundred yards.
I just swam (poorly) at my first LCM; a total of 300 meters. I got home and slept until after 10am. I'm normally wake by 4:30. I swam my hardest, but when I race a 10K, Half marathon, sprint or Oyl Tri; I am never this wiped.
So as a Terran, I have to agree heartily, the number of medals are enough; swimming makes it much more.
As someone who is was pretty quick on land, and transitionedto Tri's, I have a unique perspective. I've also said condescending things about how swimmers take weeks of taper to swim a few hundred yards.
I just swam (poorly) at my first LCM; a total of 300 meters. I got home and slept until after 10am. I'm normally wake by 4:30. I swam my hardest, but when I race a 10K, Half marathon, sprint or Oyl Tri; I am never this wiped.
So as a Terran, I have to agree heartily, the number of medals are enough; swimming makes it much more.
