broll observes:

" Sounds to me like a 1/2 would have been challenge enough for someone who cant swim a lap."

right you are, my man !! in fact my local buddy and i often lamented that we would have done so - - - - - - if only they didn't call them " H-A-L-F ". see what i mean? it is "half" !! who wants to do " half" ????? none of that half baloney for us. full or die trying. :)

Um, If i want any lip out of you I will pick it out of my zipper.

Don't people "earn" their right to race an IM by the training year they put in?

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That's real nice man.