Oct 05
Column: GT shatters world record; then shatters ego
Cats: Uncategorized, odd things|You know that 38.0 second time I set in the pool last week?
That was a world record for the 50-metre freestyle.
Not only did I set a record that day, I murdered the old world record for 50-metre freestyle.
Yup, the old record is 41.07 seconds. And do you know the category of people who held that record? Twenty somethings? Thirty somethings?
No. It was men aged 90-94. They held the record I shattered.
Hm.
Guess I have some work to do. Go here for more on this world record breaking story.
October 5th, 2007 at 5:45 am
Hi (what should I call you, Gifted?, Slacker?, Ellen DeJolie?, or should I use your name, which may or may not be named).
I’ve been reading your articles for over a year now, and I enjoy them immensely, and, I want to congratulate you on your acheivement. I have a goal to prove Global Warming exists, at least to myself, anyway. I do this by swimming where I’ve always swam, at Penhorn Lake. Yesterday I got out of the water at about 3:50 PM after about an hour. It was cold getting in, but I got used to it quickly. I swam across the lake to the diving rock, rested, then swam down the lake, and then back to the beach.
Last year I kept swimming until Oct 9, I would like to beat that record, because when I got there last year on Oct 9 there were 6 teenage girls there swimming.
Swimming is terrific exercise, and I need the exercise because I have Cancer of the esophagus and I will be undergoing surgery in three weeks to remove it. I’ve already had two rounds of Chemo, which I handled excellently. No nausea, no hair loss, etc., and I feel pretty good.
Anyway, it’s good to see your articles in the paper, and I’ll have to make sure I get to read them while I’m in the hospital. By the way, I’d like to say that I have every confidance in my Doctors, Nurses, and Volunteer staff there, and they have every right to strike.
Oh yes, I have every confidance in myself as well, this Cancer is a bump in the road, (more like in my throat), and I know I will be fine.
So, to you who could be named Ellen DeJolie, or Slacker Mom, or Gifted Typist, or, you know, what’s on your Drivers License,…
Be seeing you,
Russell
October 5th, 2007 at 6:59 am
I’m sure they all started off the same way as you GT. I’ll be cheering for you…if I live that long.
October 5th, 2007 at 10:44 am
I should be alive then…I’ll come cheer for you
October 5th, 2007 at 1:11 pm
Why thank you Dick And Deepti.
hmmmm.
Why am I feeling dubious about this cheer-leading effort?
October 5th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
I’ll even wear dentures with “Go GT!” inscribed for all to see, and use my colostomy as a noise maker.
October 5th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
You feel dubious because the WordPress smiley faces look diabolical. I’m sincere! Really! Hehe.
October 5th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Look at it this way: At least you beat SOMEBODY.
I’m ever the encourager.