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Here is a success story of a woman who swim with me every morning in my Masters program here in Wenatchee, WA. She just completed her 1000th 1650 Fly this morning. What an achievement!!
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She is really an amazing person, and definitely an inspiration to watch. When I know I'm having a tough time, I just look over at what she is doing, and then realize that anything can be possible.
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Congratulations Peony Munger!!
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Obviously, her shoulders don't hurt enough. I did a whopping 2500 yards at practice tonight and my shoulders didn't loosen up until about the 1500 yard point. Not a single stroke of fly.
Skip
You are correct in this assumption...her fly stroke is not what the traditional flyer would call fly, and is definitely not tough on the shoulders. Her arms pull downward to about the mid-chest or a little lower and recover forward again over the water. She does use a dolphin kick the whole way, rather than the "legal in masters" breaststroke kick (which I personally don't call butterfly).
Every year, on her birthday (Nov. 15th) our team does a 400 Fly along with her in the workout. I'm the only one who actually swims it continuous at a quick pace (5:10 or so). Most of the others break it up into 25s/50s/100s/etc, but still get the "required (optional)" 400 Fly done.
This kind of annoys me. There is a reason USMS allows this kick and it is part of our rule book and USA Swimming's rule book. Fly can be quite challenging for many older swimmers and the only way they can do it is with this kick.
Agreed. Some people don't have the range of motion in their lower backs anymore to do the dolphin motion, so they use the breastroke kick. This is legal in masters. If a person swims a fly race with this kick, finishes the race without getting dq'd for something else, then they have swam butterfly.
:cheerleader:
Congratulations Peony Munger!!
:bow: :bow: :bow:
You go girl!!! :banana:
I only hope I'm doing daily miles of just freestyle when i get there!
Popeye
www.wenatcheeworld.com/.../
Here is a success story of a woman who swim with me every morning in my Masters program here in Wenatchee, WA. She just completed her 1000th 1650 Fly this morning. What an achievement!!
:thewave:
She is really an amazing person, and definitely an inspiration to watch. When I know I'm having a tough time, I just look over at what she is doing, and then realize that anything can be possible.
:cheerleader:
Congratulations Peony Munger!!
:bow: :bow: :bow:
Peony Munger is interviewed today on Swimming World TV HERE IT IS :cheerleader: :chug:
Due to her fibromyalgia it's also possible that her doing something like this has turned out to become more of addiction than anything else and perhaps the fly helps relieve some of the pain for a spell. I know when I had been suffering from sciatica due to a spine problem sometimes the only way I could ever experience any relief was to exercise like a madman. That being said the exercise was only a short term solution to the problem until I had spine surgery. Good for her if this is the only way to feel better! In a day and age when more and more people are getting obese and doing absolutely nothing kudos for her willpower most of all. Imagine how good most swimmers would be if they initiated that kind of desire and heart into their practices.
At her last practice before Nats this morning before heading for the airport...I'll give you one guess what she did for her workout...
Another mile Fly (I assume so, but since I was walking out the door for work before she finishes who knows?)
why?
...because she likes getting in those frequent flyer miles. :D
Re: 1,000th 1650 FLY, Where will she go now?
The Guinness book of records. :applaud:
In sad news, Peony Munger died this morning about 1:00am after over a year battling with pancreatic cancer. She was well loved by all her teammates and friends in the Inland NW LMSC. She had still been swimming as much butterfly as she could until around the beginning of summer this year, when she became too sick to safely continue in the water. We will sure miss her smiling face each morning, and also those many miles of butterfly that she had done. She was never afraid of doing things that were deemed as hard, as she took the challenge head-on and didn't quit, and it shows with the types of records she holds in the LMSC:
Short Course Yards:
W70-74
200 Back, 200 ***, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 IM
W75-79
50 Free, 200 Back, 50, 100, & 200 ***, 50, 100, & 200 Fly, 100, 200, & 400 IM
Short Course Meters:
W75-79
200 Free, 100 & 200 Back, 200 ***, 50, 100, & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 IM
Long Course Meters:
W70-74
100 ***, 100 & 200 Fly, 200 & 400 IM
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:bow: Keep Flying Peony! :angel:
