Dara Torres - WOW!

[Veronica]

41 years old and going to her 5th Olympic Games.

V.

[Thorn]

And to add Jeannie Longo at 49 for her 7th games

[Trek420]

And to add Jeannie Longo at 49 for her 7th games

What? Jeannie Longo's going to be at the games? Woot!

Makes you want to go out and conquer the world.

But not quite enough to train that hard

[TxDoc]

And to add Jeannie Longo at 49 for her 7th games

Yep, 7th time - and after having won almost every possible road race in the world! Definitely a great champion!

[Thorn]

Yep...Jeannie Longo has 55 national titles....55! The latest on the track at age 49.

http://www.velonews.com/article/7964...and-an-olympic

Yes, the Dara Torres is impressive, but consider me more awed by Jeannie Longo (besides, she's a cyclist )

[OakLeaf]

I was awed by Jeannie Longo 20 years ago when I was racing.

She's still a year older than I am. Darnitall.

[beccaB]

My question is-is it really possible for someone who looks like they might have around 3% body fat, is it possible to even be able to swim? I don't swim well at all, not that I don't have any body fat, I have plenty. Maybe it's an ignorant question. I've never seen a swimmer that sculpted.

[berkeley]

She looks amazing.

I loved how she didn't know she had won because she couldn't see the board. lol

[dachshund]

Yep, wow. I was going to post the same thing.

One article, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...MNIO11K9OO.DTL

Makes you want to go out and conquer the world.

[berkeley]

And tonight... double wow!

[Veronica]

No hints! I don't get my swim coverage for another hour.

V.

[F8th637]

I saw that! I watched the trials and it was so exciting! I got goosebumps and was thrilled to see her win! She totally rocked!

[ilima]

I'm really of two minds about her. As someone her age, it is obviously inspirational. But...

She spends something like $100K a year on massagers, chiros, etc. I dunno, it just seems to greedy and narcissistic, although I'm sure a healthy dose of narcissism is necessary to be world class athlete.

She's on an asthma inhaler. A bronchodilator. She says it's just to get her lungs up to where other folks are, but I don't totally believe it. She uses it 30 minutes before her races & it would definitely giver her a substantial performance boost. I'm just skeptical she's really asthmatic. Who turns asthmatic in their 30s? Most folks grow out of asthma as they get older (me & my dad included).

[bike4ever]

ilima - I wasn't identified with asthma until I was 35. I had three sons by then - two had asthma. One was severe and the other had cough variant. This version is more hidden and difficult to identify. That was what I was identified as having.

[indigoiis]

I'm 40 and have been allergy and asthma free my entire life up until last year, when, incidentally, I started exercizing and bicycling more frequently. Even back when I was a smoker, I never had shortness of breath like I do sometimes now.