I just watched Constantina Tomescu win the women’s olympic marathon with a time of 2:26.44. For the record, that’s a time of 5 minutes and 36 seconds per mile, for 26 miles. I don’t think I can even do one mile that fast, let alone 26. Tomescu is also 38, making her one of the older Olympians to medal along with Dara Torres, the 41 year old American swimmer who just took a silver in the 50 freestyle to go with her silver from the relay last night. Torres has gained a lot of attention for her abs after posing for the SI swimsuit issue, but Tomescu is perhaps even more bizarre. Endurance athletes are notorious for not having any extra fat on their bodies, but Tomescu’s stomach is simply bizarre. The picture at the right is clearly not from this Olympics, but is the only one I could find online. On TV she looked almost grotesque. Right below her rib cage her stomach simply drops in to the point of being practically non-existent. If she had a lump on her kidney, her doctor could probably diagnose it from the outside. She claims to weight 105 pounds. I can’t help but wonder what she has to do to maintain that weight.

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