Wheaties box says Janet Evans averaged 100 miles a day for 35 years

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  • Collection Dan
    4 years ago 07/16/2017 11:02pm CDT
    re: Don D
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    Don D wrote:

    I sent a note to Wheaties a few months ago with similar math and received the reply that the box should have read "Estimated Meters Swam During 35 Year Career". They thanked me for bringing it to their attention. Where I shop the boxes disappeared shortly thereafter and have never returned with a correction.

    Collectors items. Like misprinted money. Smart people will get quite the laugh out of it. Even Janet herself. Dolphins might not even swim 1.3 million miles in their entire lives.
  • log?
    4 years ago 07/16/2017 11:56pm CDT
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    Marksch wrote:

    [quote]quickrunner789 wrote:

    You're showing how little you know about swimming.

    Even a short practice would usually be at least 2,000 meters. I highly doubt she did one short practice every three weeks. I think she swam a little more than that to get to a world-class level.[/quote

    I'm a former swimmer, same sort of events as her. I wasn't at her level, but had many Olympians as teammates. 2000 meters would be a decent warm up. Our doubles were typically 12k in the AM and 10k in the PM. Doubles 5 days a week in summer. Still doesn't reach the mileage in the initial estimate....but a more accurate view than many are posting.

    And to the poster who commented about hours face down in the pool... You, lots of hours staring at the black line. Does make it easy to do a long run without tunes though

    Did you keep a log in those days? 22k in a day sounds like a lot. I'd be interested in seeing your log for any normal week where you had at least two of these 12k/10k doubles. Certainly sounds possible for a short period of time, but I wouldn't have thought that even elite distance swimmers were doing quite this much distance on a regular basis.
  • F U C K Los Angeles
    4 years ago 07/17/2017 1:40am CDT
    re: Gainesville/Miami guy
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    F U C K Los Angeles athletes. Eugene is the ONLY Track Town USA.