Alan Thompson
Alan Thompson
asked certain close pace produce race series speed straight swim
Tracey was straight up with me and said she asked Ian to swim a series of 50m drills at a certain pace that was close to race speed and he wasn't able to produce the goods.
confident sounds
He sounds better every day and he sounds more confident every day.
course evidence happened incidents last number olympic short taking video
I'm taking video evidence of a number of incidents over the last two years which happened at the Olympic Games, the world short course championships and the world championships,
appear corner excited far turned
I'm not excited yet. It's still day by day as far as I'm concerned. It does appear as if he has turned a corner though, which is something.
billion country obvious
In a country of 1.3 billion people, they have an obvious advantage.
appreciate department efforts holding line stay
Congratulations on holding the line this year, ... We appreciate the efforts your department has had to make to stay under budget.
ability coach coming days looking swim thinking threat whatever
And they have got an ability to coach and an ability to swim. Even in the old days - whatever they were doing - they still had to be able to swim well to be able to do what they did. I think they are going to be a threat to us in the coming years. It's not something we're not thinking about. We're looking at it.
chronic fatigue fever looks
It looks very much like a glandular fever or chronic fatigue kind of thing.
alice boys early exists rivalry
The rivalry that exists between Jodie, Libby and Alice will keep us going like we did with the boys in the early days.
experience horses interested job location love mountains moving people travel western work
This job is well-suited for people who want to work hard. Some of the people who work here just love horses and some are interested in travel and tourism. But many are here because of the location in the mountains and the experience of moving to a western state.
country games interested people reason sort swimming thorpe whether
They're not the sort of games we play. Swimming is a big sport in this country and people are interested in what Ian Thorpe is doing and whether he is swimming, and that's the reason it has been in all the papers.
dave past run
It's something I want to run past Ian and Tracey but Dave would be my recommendation.
altitude coast drama few race training west
It's not a drama and he'll race a few times on the west coast of the US. He'll also do some altitude training in Colorado.
floating looking
It's not looking good, he hasn't been able to do much for months, he's just floating around.