Speedos are the New Black - Olympian Sighting

Apparently, even world-record holding, multi-gold medal winning Olympic athlete Michael Phelps needed a break from his grueling schedule to peruse the never-ending sales racks at Nordstrom’s this weekend. I mean, it was the Half-Yearly Sale for Men and maybe he needed something other than Speedos to wear in China…although I can’t understand why anyone would walk around in anything BUT a Speedo.

I am, however, a tad concerned that this shopping excursion will detract from Mr. Phelps’ seven day, five hour workouts where he burns more than 3,000 calories. Seriously – 3,000 calories in one day. He also eats between 8,000 and 10,000 calories a day….that’s a lot of pancakes (I once read somewhere that he ate a lot of pancakes to fulfill his daily caloric intake). I might have seen a protein bar in his hand, so he had 9,750 calories to go for that day. I saw you with a friend too...I'm shocked they don't understand the importance of you being in the pool.

In the US, we like breaking world records, Guinness records, and just records in general…In China, Michael Phelps is expected to swim in at least 8 events…with the possibility of adding two more. In Athens, he won 8 medals (six of them gold)…more medals that 177 entire countries total. We love records so much that NBC begged the International Olympic Committee to reschedule the swimming meets to ensure Michael Phelps is seen in Prime Time.

So at that moment, it might have seemed important to try on that marked down pair of designer jeans but really let’s put things into perspective – When Speedo dangles $1,000,000 in front of you to break Mark Spitz’s record of 7 gold medals in one Olympic Games, you need to put down those jeans and get back into the pool.

We need more medals, we need more records, we need bragging rights, and really, we need you back in that Speedo.

Remember, there’s only 52 days left to the opening ceremonies. I hope Mr. Phelps is carrying the flag.

(Check out http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/index for up an up to the SECOND countdown.)