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Yes. After I posted my drivel, I realized I should have just said this and then STFU. When will I learn??????????!!! Glad you are with me, dear, but then I always knew you were!!!

(And yeah, the 99/100 skeet shooting is incredible. Based on the 2-3 clay pigeons I killed last year, please know that she has my utmost shooting respect!!)

thanks for posting this.  i never would have known about her nra pro-marksman status at 10.  youngest female gold medalist in olympic history.  us army marksman award... that is not something thats easily come by.

of course you have all of her work to eliminate gentrification and sexism within the shooting community.  and her amazing work to support women and family not only in the sport but life in general. 

and she seems like a pretty cool chick.  so, now i know more about her than 99% of all the other athletes.

Try a menthol cigarette. They seem to work.

I agree with you and see where you are saturday am. This isnt a big race, and you have other events later so maybe skip it if you aren't 80%?

Dam*It you beat me to it. I read her post, and was searching to find the facts and then saw your post.

And skeet shooting only has one even right?

Isn't swimming like 17 different events? No wonder Phelps has so many medals.

that gymnastic chick he just passed only had 6 events, and was in 3 Olympics.

Oh Phelps I wish you were likable. Most medals ever, but definitely not the best Olympian ever.

ITS ON SWIMMER GIRLS ITS ON!

Lol on the menthol cigarette.  Are you sure you aren't posting in Suzy's absence?

skeet has one event per sex.  but shooting has a lot.  here

this is awesome... some chinese chick won gold in the 92 skeet.  she was the first female to win gold in a mixed competition.  apparently the ioc sh+t themselves thinking a female could better a male.  so they discontinued the sport. 

I'm a lover, not a fighter. I'll just leave well enough alone and say that, impressive as Skeet is, I still don't think she trained physically as hard as the swimmers.

And yeah, Phelps is hardly the picture of the perfect Olympian. Nor is Lochte, for that matter. Nathan Adrian, on the other hand... I think I need his poster on my bedroom wall. (Truth: Rowdy Gaines and Matt Biondi posters graced my freshman dorm room.)

wait.  so you're leaving well enough alone...   but then go on to say you don't think she's trained physically (your emphasis, not mine) as hard as swimmers. 

ok. 

do you think she's smoked more weed or done more steroids than swimmers? 

The boys are on a roll!!

I have to say, I love swimming the most too and I don't know all the technical stuff behind it.  Like Trevor, I think MP is a little too cocky, but then I look at what he has accomplished and think it's ok. WOW, that final gold medal was something else.  Lochte is good, but MP is a legend.  Love Franklin and Soni too--pure joy when they win.  Awesome stuff.

Doug, like everyone said, there will be other IM in your future.  The #1 goal now is getting back to 100% even if that means stepping ALL the way back to get it done.  Many of us in this group have had season/training altering injuries and we come back to even better seasons.  You will too. Once you pull the plug in IMFL you can put it behind you and focus on your career, your health and the family.

Jayne, no menthol cigs!  I would give it rest, hydration and then see how you feel.  If it is the last race of the season and you don't care how you do or if you get sicker post race, GO FOR IT!

I'm starting to have those crazy IM dreams already.  Last night, I didn't dream about Fatty or Trevor, but I did wonder why I couldn't see through my goggles as I started into the ocean for my swim (Thanks David, I think you planted that one!) and then remembered I forgot my bike, but had my JOULE in my hand!

Doug- Be good to yourself.  The right time will come.

Jayne- I'm a fan of taking garlic and honey for a natural boost to your immune system.  GL!

Geez, not only do I have to worry about being behind in my training hrs now I have to worry about being behind bc I haven't had any IM dreams yet?   

Serious note, totally normal to panic and obsess over every niggle and twinge I'm experiencing right now?  First it was my elbow, now my knee.  Finding the mental aspect of this IM journey is probably a lot harder than the physical. 

glass houses, boys.

Kyla, thanks for the Nathan Adrian pic.  At least my eyes feel better!!

I think I'll pass on the cigs--of any type.  I grew up in a household with both parents smoking.  I've had enough (2nd hand) smoke for a life time. 

Christina, garlic and honey?  Together?  I need some explanation here.

Tomorrow's race is not the last of the season, but........ dayum, I want to do it.  If I had to make a decision right now, I would probably have to bag it.  24 more hours. 

On a positive note, I'm getting to watch a lot of the Olympics. And if I had to vote on most difficult Olympic sport---gymnastics! 

Finally, for your entertainment:  My first ride

Not the pics, this. Guess how old Kacie is?

edit cuz I terp'd it.