USMS Nationals is now well under way in Atlanta. Just a few more heats left in the 1000 free. Use this thread to post any notable results!
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Congrats to Rich Abrahams!
I saw Rich turned 65. I thought, "man, that is gettin OLD...he's just going to have to admit it: he's old." 65, yeah (I go on about it as if it were decades away; I'm 58). So, anyway, in this meet with lots of fast swims I think his 49.42 in the 100 free has GOT to rank as, maybe, the best swim of the meet. Then he does a 24.94 in the 50 fly after a 56.32 in the 100 fly, all national records....easily! He's got the 50 free tomorrow. Wonder how that'll go? I am impressed. To perform the way he has performed year after year, at such a high level...well, this guy must be one crazy dude. Amazing swims, just amazing. Kudos to Richard Abrahams.
I will be happy to go on record and say I think Rich is a very nice down to earth guy who happens to be a masochist in the gym and the pool.
I saw him before the 100, "Anything that starts with a 4 will be good." And after the race I congratulated him on getting his 4, "yeah thanks." I would have been doing cartwheels around the pool ;) Of course, he might have been a little tired right after the race.
Congrats to Rich Abrahams!
I saw Rich turned 65. I thought, "man, that is gettin OLD...he's just going to have to admit it: he's old." 65, yeah (I go on about it as if it were decades away; I'm 58). So, anyway, in this meet with lots of fast swims I think his 49.42 in the 100 free has GOT to rank as, maybe, the best swim of the meet. Then he does a 24.94 in the 50 fly after a 56.32 in the 100 fly, all national records....easily! He's got the 50 free tomorrow. Wonder how that'll go? I am impressed. To perform the way he has performed year after year, at such a high level...well, this guy must be one crazy dude. Amazing swims, just amazing. Kudos to Richard Abrahams.
I will be happy to go on record and say I think Rich is a very nice down to earth guy who happens to be a masochist in the gym and the pool.
I saw him before the 100, "Anything that starts with a 4 will be good." And after the race I congratulated him on getting his 4, "yeah thanks." I would have been doing cartwheels around the pool ;) Of course, he might have been a little tired right after the race.
