Comments on: Dara Torres

By: Mark Salinas

Mark Salinas — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:59:33 +0000

@Suzanne, I am excited as well…..thanks for the comments!:)

-Mark

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:59:03 +0000

oops, sorry I should have added that my age group record was set in 1979…a LONG time ago…but still Dara’s THREE seconds faster over just 50 meters!

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:57:44 +0000

I was a swimmer/sprinter for 11 years and to give you some perspective on how fast Torres is and how fast times have gotten….when I was 17, my age group record for the 50 meter free was 27.11….comepare that to Dara’s 24.25…wow! Add to that that she’s 41, double wow! She is really amazing. I can’t wait to watch the Olympics.

By: john

john — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:17 +0000

“Her cross-training regimen amazes Lohberg, who says, “She does things that border on Cirque du Soleil.”

Like what? Come on now, please do share. What a tease!

By: Mark Salinas

Mark Salinas — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:29:24 +0000

@john,

When an athlete performs at such an incredible level, many people immediately start to speculate. Unfortunately we have seen many athletes found to have been doping. Also, many accused have not been found to be doping.

More from the San Francisco Chronicle:

Torres couldn’t talk the dirty-Dara rumors to death, so she went to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and begged to be subjected to every drug test they have or can devise, ongoing.

Now Torres and a few other athletes, including Michael Phelps, are tested extensively in a pilot USADA program. Palmeiro, Jones and others talked the talk; Torres drops the drawers.

If not drugs, what is Torres’ fountain-of-youth secret? She is a gifted athlete, but also a fitness commando who never stopped training full-tilt in a variety of activities, even during so-called retirements. Her cross-training regimen amazes Lohberg, who says, “She does things that border on Cirque du Soleil.”

I hope that doping is not the case, in the mean time I will look at the glass as “half full” not “half empty.”

Thank you for your comments!

-Mark

By: john

john — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:23:58 +0000

Did you see over at Yahoo! news people are already speculating about whether she is doping or not.

By: Fit Bottomed Girls

Fit Bottomed Girls — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:26:46 +0000

This is such an amazing and inspiring story. I’ll have to blog about this, too…

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@Fit Bottomed Girls, I agree!

-Mark

By: Claudia

Claudia — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:58:41 +0000

I swam professionally in H.S. and my first year in College. I miss it. This is inspiring. Maybe it is time to go back to it….

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@Claudia, that’s great! Thanks for the feedback!

-Mark

By: Tigerlilly

Tigerlilly — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:17:45 +0000

Truly an amazing woman. She is not only an inspiration to those of us trying to get in shape… but also to those of us who are mothers to young toddlers! Makes me feel silly when I think of all the times I used ‘having kids’ as an excuse not to work out.

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@Tigerlilly, definitely an inspiration for mothers of toddlers and anybody.

-Mark

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:59:13 +0000

She’s amazing. I should be watching.

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@Jennifer, the Olympics are next.

-Mark