For all of you who know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, this should help you know her better.
For all of you who don't know Leslie the Fortress Livingston, prepare for the thrill ride get-to-know-Leslie event of the year.
A little background: Leslie is the 4th woman in history in the 45-49 year age group to beat 30 seconds in the 50 SCM butterfly.
She did this at age 47, and it is possible that she is actually the FIRST woman in history this old to break 30 at the age (assuming the previous 3 were 45 or 46.)
www.youtube.com/watch
This small film will help you understand all that goes into becoming an extraordinary human being/swimmer. Oh, and there's a little about Leslie in this, too.
Just joking. It's all about Leslie. With some guest appearances by Paul Wolf, Julie "Mulie" Oplinger, Jeff "the Barbarian" Roddin, and Jim Thornton as "the narrator."
Please enjoy before Leslie forces Jim Matysek to take this down.
I found this somewhere:
Swim Hyponchondriasis: ( Hyperchondrical Disorder )
Unlike a conversion disorder where an individual perceives a functional disorder and simply use it to escape from uncomfortable situations, hypochondriacs have no real illness, but are overly obsessed over normal bodily functions. They read into the sensations of these normal bodily functions the presence of a feared disease. The main features of this disorders are:
Because of misinterpreting bodily symptoms, the patient becomes preoccupied with ideas or fears of swimming unnaturally slowly due to the illness.
Appropriate medical investigation, reassurance, and plain ol' common sense do not relieve these ideas.
These ideas are not delusional (as in Delusional Disorder) and are not restricted to concern about appearance (as in Body Dysmorphic Disorder), but are simply silly.
They cause distress that is neither clinically important nor impairs the achievement of Top 10 times.
They have lasted 6 months or longer. Some may last a lifetime (see Whiners).
The only known cure for this troublesome disorder is a video "outing" of the patient, exposing the disorder to the cold glare of day and the opprobrium of the swimmer's peers. Which sometimes works, but more often than not does not.
I found this somewhere:
Swim Hyponchondriasis: ( Hyperchondrical Disorder )
Unlike a conversion disorder where an individual perceives a functional disorder and simply use it to escape from uncomfortable situations, hypochondriacs have no real illness, but are overly obsessed over normal bodily functions. They read into the sensations of these normal bodily functions the presence of a feared disease. The main features of this disorders are:
Because of misinterpreting bodily symptoms, the patient becomes preoccupied with ideas or fears of swimming unnaturally slowly due to the illness.
Appropriate medical investigation, reassurance, and plain ol' common sense do not relieve these ideas.
These ideas are not delusional (as in Delusional Disorder) and are not restricted to concern about appearance (as in Body Dysmorphic Disorder), but are simply silly.
They cause distress that is neither clinically important nor impairs the achievement of Top 10 times.
They have lasted 6 months or longer. Some may last a lifetime (see Whiners).
The only known cure for this troublesome disorder is a video "outing" of the patient, exposing the disorder to the cold glare of day and the opprobrium of the swimmer's peers. Which sometimes works, but more often than not does not.
