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.
He's 47...and he likes to pick on 13 & 15 year olds like Creampuff.
On? or Up?
Seriously, though, I am not sure which is more impressive--a 47 year old who can swim this fast, or a 13 year old boy. It would be interesting to see what the bell curve of swimming records is. I assume that Dennis must be close to the world record with that 500. I wonder what the world record is for the 13-14 and 11-12 age groups. Maybe someday masters swimming could compete in kids swimming meets with our respective cohorts competing on a level playing field--i.e., guys in the Paul Smith Dennis Baker age groups doing battle with the 13 and 14 year olds, while guys like me, in the 55-59 year age group, get to contend with the 8 and unders!
I look forward to the day when I am old enough to compete against fetuses. That might be a little unfair, though, given how ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, providing the little devils (apologies to Jeff Roddin here) with the advantage of gills. Then again, they are likely to get tangled up in the umbilicus, especially in relays.
All in all, it balances out.
Congratulations to Dennis. I am sure you were one blistering fetus in your day!
He's 47...and he likes to pick on 13 & 15 year olds like Creampuff.
On? or Up?
Seriously, though, I am not sure which is more impressive--a 47 year old who can swim this fast, or a 13 year old boy. It would be interesting to see what the bell curve of swimming records is. I assume that Dennis must be close to the world record with that 500. I wonder what the world record is for the 13-14 and 11-12 age groups. Maybe someday masters swimming could compete in kids swimming meets with our respective cohorts competing on a level playing field--i.e., guys in the Paul Smith Dennis Baker age groups doing battle with the 13 and 14 year olds, while guys like me, in the 55-59 year age group, get to contend with the 8 and unders!
I look forward to the day when I am old enough to compete against fetuses. That might be a little unfair, though, given how ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, providing the little devils (apologies to Jeff Roddin here) with the advantage of gills. Then again, they are likely to get tangled up in the umbilicus, especially in relays.
All in all, it balances out.
Congratulations to Dennis. I am sure you were one blistering fetus in your day!
