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I'm definitely not in shape for that

I got a phone call last night from a Maine number I didn’t recognize.

It turned out to be one of my relay teammates from last year’s record-setting performances. He was scraping around trying to put together relays for this year’s meet, and wanted me to swim a backstroke leg on a medley relay. I laughed for a bit, and then (once I figured out he wasn’t really joking) pointed out that the last time I had, in fact, been in a pool swimming laps was also the last time I’d done the backstroke leg in an MR, and I’d considered it a minor miracle that I didn’t disqualify the whole team for illegal turns.

So not only was he asking me to swim my worst stroke, but I’m not in shape to swim any stroke at all, right now; I’ve been running too much.

I feel a bit bad about it, because I know it would be fun. But I really couldn’t get ready that fast.

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Posted by pjm on November 29, 2007 10:45 PM |

Comments

Ahem…Lets not forget that the January Postal Swim is rapidly approaching…

Posted by: Chris Hughes | November 30, 2007 2:16 PM

It seems likely that I’m going to be ending my hour-swim streak at two years, yes.

Posted by: pjm | December 5, 2007 10:52 PM

So does this mean that I can count on you and Ben doing the Peaks to Portland Swim in 2008????? Ben also met a former Kwajalein swimmer, Ken, at an open-water swim, so I think it’s a great idea! Happy New Year, Parker:) R. Bunn

Posted by: Rosemary | January 10, 2008 10:35 AM

Rosemary, it’s hard not to meet someone from the Bunn Network at an open-water swim, don’t you think?

This year may be Ben’s turn for P2P, yes. I’ll be stacking on miles all summer so I can run a good Beach to Beacon before entering the no-training zone known as Beijing.

Posted by: pjm | January 10, 2008 8:55 PM

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