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**cl004** · 08-14-2008, 07:20 PM

Debate debate debate.

Geez, some of these guys get so hung up in this! Swimming is a different animal than Track, and he should be lauded for being able to bring home the most gold overall, but also acknowledged that it is with swimming and not with the Decathlon or something.

There just seem to be more events with some common ground in swimming than track. It would be like the 100M dash running, running backward, skipping, and power-walking. Then the same for the 200, the 400, and the relays.

So I think they should keep them slightly separated when considering them in the record books, but also, for now, they should SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET THE GUY COMPETE!

BTW, that line:

Runners compete vertically. They pound their bodies harder, and must work their hearts and muscles harder, than swimmers, who compete horizontally. Is such a load. Yes runners have more physical punishment to their body parts than swimmers, but saying that they work their hearts and muscles harder is a load.

I get more tired swimming 100M then I do running 100M. Saying that one is harder than the other just because you are "horizontal" is baloney.

08-14-2008, 07:20 PM	#49
cl004 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 483 Senior Member	Debate debate debate. Geez, some of these guys get so hung up in this! Swimming is a different animal than Track, and he should be lauded for being able to bring home the most gold overall, but also acknowledged that it is with swimming and not with the Decathlon or something. There just seem to be more events with some common ground in swimming than track. It would be like the 100M dash running, running backward, skipping, and power-walking. Then the same for the 200, the 400, and the relays. So I think they should keep them slightly separated when considering them in the record books, but also, for now, they should SHUT THE HELL UP AND LET THE GUY COMPETE! BTW, that line: Runners compete vertically. They pound their bodies harder, and must work their hearts and muscles harder, than swimmers, who compete horizontally. Is such a load. Yes runners have more physical punishment to their body parts than swimmers, but saying that they work their hearts and muscles harder is a load. I get more tired swimming 100M then I do running 100M. Saying that one is harder than the other just because you are "horizontal" is baloney.
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