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.
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Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl ... are you whining again?! Puh-lease, I was just told to check into a sanitarium! lol.
It should be noted that the be-wigged producer of this comical video is, himself, a speedy little dude. :applaud: Here's a pic from his recent foray into non-freestyle swimming. Doesn't he look happy?
I hate to admit this, but I find it oddly attractive.
And where might I find these charming pink goggles?
:bliss: I love it! Fort is my hero!
The video is great... you gotta do more of them! Wow!
You say that now but wait until YOU become the subject :afraid:
You say that now but wait until YOU become the subject :afraid:
Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl ... are you whining again?! Puh-lease, I was just told to check into a sanitarium! lol.
It should be noted that the be-wigged producer of this comical video is, himself, a speedy little dude. :applaud: Here's a pic from his recent foray into non-freestyle swimming. Doesn't he look happy?
Unlike my colleagues Leslie and Paul, whose respective infirmities are largely of the hysterical variety, my excuses are invariably 100 percent real. As Leslie's photo shows, a bout with Bell's Palsy back in the early 1990s has left its toll on me. What may look to the casual observer as a raffish sneer ("I laugh at exhaustion! Pain holds no terror for the likes of me!) is, in point of fact, a trace of residual facial paralysis from a once swollen 7th cranial nerve trapped in its bony tunnel from brain to face.
Imagine how good a swimmer I might have been were it not for the inability of my mouth corner to widen in perfect symmetry with its brother mouth corner, thus impeding oxygen flow to my body.
Even so, I laugh at exhaustion! Paul, Leslie: in this regard, I advise you both to look to the example of your infirm elder.
Great job, Leslie! And similarly, great job Jim!
I think those were two completely orthogonal axes of greatness. Congrats Leslie. As others have noted, should I ever encounter Jim with camera (or a brother) in tow (unlikely, but you never know), I will have to remember to walk the other way. ;)
Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl, Wolf Girl ... are you whining again?! Puh-lease, I was just told to check into a sanitarium! lol.
Actually I was just trying to say beware what you wish for. I was not the subject of that video, I just happened to be collateral damage :applaud:
As for whining? Guilty but not about the video, that was pretty dang funny. But I'm feeling in a pretty dang whiney mood right now. That creeping crud I had over Thanksgiving that I thought I had beaten? Nope, severe bronchitis now. Pretty sure 6 hours a day standing on a pool deck over the weekend didn't.
It's not like I can afford to take any more hits to my manliness but here goes - I've been wearing pink swedes for years, great in all light conditions. I'll let the cracks come as appropriate now.
HOW did I miss this?:bed:
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.
LMAO!!!
Bill,
Brilliant! FYI, here's the text of IMs exchanged between Jim and I on almost a daily basis the week before Zones:
Jim: "sick"
Fort: "not sick"
And Jim's video didn't even touch on his/our most favorite hypochondriatic topic: shoulders. That topic generates way more paranoia than mere fatigue.
