Originally Posted by
mollusk
I've known several national and international level swimmers. Swimmers need to put in more hours of even harder work than cyclists. Those guys are nuttier than we are and that is saying a lot.
Swimmers can actually afford to carry a little fat on their body as well. The best swimmers are not rail-thin Kenyans. They have a little fat and a lot of upper body muscle. Quite a different matter than your average pro GC guy.