T minus 11 days until I race the long distance pentathlon (200 LCM back, 200 LCM free, 200 LCM ***, 200 LCM fly, and 400 LCM IM) against an unknown challenger. I have it on good authority that this mystery swimmer will be wearing a Mexican wrestling mask and will not remove it between events. There are also unsubstantiated rumors that this person uses performance enhancing carbohydrates and caffeine, and may have even considered sandbagging once before chickening out. I'm told that our gridge hinges upon our total pentathlon time, but the stakes of this gridge have not yet been revealed even to me. Who is this enigmatic maverick, and why has he never been photographed with Gotham's caped crusader Bat Guy?
I'll at least have each of my alter-egos (Steve, Bob, Ed, Phil, & Harry) swimming a different race for me, so that way each effort can be at 100% with no negative impact from the previous race/races. I will just be kickin' it watching the results pour in.
I second that this type of gridge is okay...provided that I'm on the winning end of the deal. :) just kidding...but I'm still planning on winning the gridge. No point in planning on losing something! :bolt:
There is where the problem with the mask comes in.How do we know it's the same swimmer each time?
Speaking of masks,in the 70s and early 80s there was a product called there Goggle Cap which was goggles and cap all in one making it almost impossible for the goggles to come off on the start.I was wearing a Goggle Cap at a meet and a friend of mine said to his 7 year old son "you see that guy in lane 4,that's Spiderman" which got his son excited and all those around them laughing.
I'll at least have each of my alter-egos (Steve, Bob, Ed, Phil, & Harry) swimming a different race for me, so that way each effort can be at 100% with no negative impact from the previous race/races. I will just be kickin' it watching the results pour in.
I second that this type of gridge is okay...provided that I'm on the winning end of the deal. :) just kidding...but I'm still planning on winning the gridge. No point in planning on losing something! :bolt:
There is where the problem with the mask comes in.How do we know it's the same swimmer each time?
Speaking of masks,in the 70s and early 80s there was a product called there Goggle Cap which was goggles and cap all in one making it almost impossible for the goggles to come off on the start.I was wearing a Goggle Cap at a meet and a friend of mine said to his 7 year old son "you see that guy in lane 4,that's Spiderman" which got his son excited and all those around them laughing.
