Pecs and Gold Medals do a body good!
Rivals!
It was a humbling experience for Phelps tonight at the U.S National Championships.
"That hurt, holy crap," Phelps fessd up, after losing to a top rival way down by the seaside.
Uh-huh!
Ryan Lochte snagged it tonight when he swam to glory in 1:54.84 seconds flat - in a whirlwind 200 meter individual medley stroked strong and strident - putting Phelps to shame.
Losses, according to the bruised Olympic Gold Medalist, always motivate.
Awful on Wednesday?
Well, then, a disaster tonight!
'Dude, I think about 20 meters left, I just saw you pass me like I was standing still. I kind of ran into a brick wall."
Ouch!
A second-place comer - hitting the wall @ 1:55.94 - didn't sit well with the world-class swimmer.
Usually, Phelps is able to boast a strong showing in individual medleys, where there is no baggage to bog him down.
For Lochte, it was kind of a double-whammy.
The win, spoke for itself, of course.
But besting Phelps, that was the icing on the cake.
Although there have been wins against the Golden Goy in the past, he'd never managed to ever skim past Phelps to score big in a major National or International meet.
Suppose, he was down so long, that it started to look like up to him.
But, now?
The terrain shifts a tad, don't 'ya think?
Oh, by the way, before I get distracted further - Tyler Clary - nabbed third place (1:59.19).
Lochte can attribute the breastbroke and freestyle stints to his winning streak.
I think, keen observers would agree.
In the instance of Phelps it was a case of hitting the wall.
"Just physically I felt like my body shut down," Phelps confided in the aftermath.
Oh, well, there are always challenges ahead to make a better swimmer (and man) of 'ya, eh?
The remainder of the night's competition - though exciting - didn't hold much muster for me.
Did Michael throw a bone to his sexy splashy pal?
No comments:
Post a Comment