ok today i shall not post about running. maybe cos i finished Beneath the Surface (Phelp's biography) in 1 day or whatever reason but i shall talk a bit about swimming and other stuff.
Phelps is talented but he is a lot more than (yes we know he smokes bong but grow up ppl, everyone screws one once in a while)
I mean who considers a 1000m swim as a cooldown in between OLYMPIC finals?
Some facts and figures.
500 situps a day
sets of 75m all out kick, 50m easy. X12
Sets of 400IM, 4X100, 400, 4X100. X3
Trains everyday, twice. No rest day.
And many many many more things.
He SWIMS more than I RUN. (and i thought HC cross was known for running a lot)
Effort wise, swimming is abt 4 times harder soooo, if he does a 20km swim a day... that translates (very inaccurately) into a 80km run?!?!?!?!
And seriously, it takes a hell lot of love for your sport to enter in a race you know you have a LOWER chance of winning but doing so anyway cos you wanna race against the best.
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