Lapping the Lady and Sprinting the Senior Citizen

Back in Ipoh, it seems my friends have now gone into a swimming craze. We practically went swimming everyday. On the second day, I was introduced to "The Girl". We don't know her but my friends see her everytime they go swimming. So what they tell me is that this girl comes 5 times a week and swims non-stop freestyle laps (not even for a breather, just back forth, back forth) for 2+ hours, gets up and leaves. Her routine is like clockwork and as I was there, I so observed.

SO, as Men, we naturally decided we need to lap her and prove our "Cavemanism". We failed miserably. However, she became a very good lap setter and swimming was just more fun when she was around. Go figure.

Now, I consider myself a pretty good swimmer and I am able to swim endurance. Though after 8 laps or so, I'll stop for a slight breather. This Girl just doesn NOT stop. She doesn't swim fast, in fact she's damned slow but she keeps on going like the Energizer Bunny.

Another phenomenon that put us to shame is the "Old Man". One of the days we were pacing with "The Girl", out of nowhere came "Old Man". "Old Man" does not do endurace. "Old Man" only swims 1 lap and stops for 10 mins. Looking at "Old Man" swim, his movements aren't fast. But "Old Man" glides through the water like a speedboat. He started later and actually sprinted us. WTF!!!! We never saw "Old Man" again after that so a rematch was not possible.

Though we considered our week healty and were managed to get sort of a tan, we were outlapped by "The Girl" and outpaced by "Old Man".