Re: Phelps at World Cup

I know "exactly how he feels".  I'm always very upset after a swim since I
miss world records by margins large enough to strike oil.

"Colin Priest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Phelps was clearly upset after the race that he'd missed getting the world
> record. So he hadn't decided to go easy on the breaststroke in order to
see
> how his other strokes could do - he was going as fast as he could..
>
> "Totalswimm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > >Truthfully, he has little to fear in the IM...he's taken the WRs to
such
> a
> > >high
> > >level that he can afford to focus more on challenging the Aussies in
> middle
> > >distance free;  plus get his 100 fly record back from Crocker.
> >
> > I have a feeling that with his personal appetite for excellence, he's as
> much
> > driven by wanting to improve on his personal best times. And since the
> 200IM WR
> > is also his personal best time, he'll remain highly motivated to improve
> it and
> > everything.
> >
> > What we ought to consider re that Melbourne 200 IM is that even great
> swimmers
> > have moments of seeming inconsistency that may be simply that, or may
even
> > reflect intent.
> >
> > Resourceful swimmers who need to seek challenges may sometimes
> intentionally
> > "underswim" a portion of a race in order to force themselves to swim
> better in
> > another portion, or for an opportunity to practice a particular
strategy.
> It's
> > swimmers like Phelps who have that luxury.
> >
> > They don't -- nor can they -- aim to swim at their absolute best in
every
> race.
> > So it's best not to try to micro-analyze performance.
>
>