gunsbuns wrote:
Look, final comments
1. rcs430 was there and he confirms the set happened. He was in the pool training at the time.
He says: "So does the pace and times surprise me, no, Erik thrived on those types of sets. "
"Really just want to point out that I think it's possible",
"when it came to training sets with Erik, nothing really surprises me."
and finally "Do I know he did the set, yes, I remember that. Can I say with absolutely certainly all the details, nope, but I wouldn't be surprised if they were accurate."
2. So with respect, unless someone has a better direct relationship or understanding of this swimmer (eg was in his squad like rcs) or was there on the day and was taking splits (AJThomas?) and disputes this, then I think we have to give his opinion a little more weight than every other poster to this thread.
3. Josh was there and he was the coach. He confirmed it happened and he gave his version of how, why and some colour (food intake etc). He has zero to gain by embellishing. He does not strike me as a 'bragger', in fact he's the opposite.
4.Coaches take splits. They always do! It sounds like only two people in the world were likely there for the whole 5 hrs because as rcs says, the rest of the squad came in later - and one of those two was pretty busy swimming.
All this means that there is likely only one person who
knows what the go times and splits were
AND that ladies and gentlemen is,,,,, the coach!
It's not really a big deal to me - I just wanted to take an opportunity to share the details of an interesting story that has graced the internet and has a few different versions. I know Josh reasonably well and I believe him.
Guns - Nice summary; regardless of the dispute on the details, thanks for posting this thread to start with. Very interesting:)
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