More, more, more on Dara Torres

We want to believe that a 41-year-old mom can still be an Olympic-caliber swimmer. And Dara Torres gives us nothing to doubt her ability.
But still ....
Still ....
Still ...........
The former Westlake of L.A. standout (the school is now known as Harvard-Westlake in Studio City) who moved to Mission Viejo after her junior year in high school has been all over the place the last couple of weeks, after she qualified for the 50 meter event at next month's Beijing Games.
After passing through today's column (linked here), read up more on her accomplishments, and what others are saying about them, at these various links:

==The New York Times' Elizabeth Weil (linked here) has a tremendous magazine piece on Torres from last week, going to her roots growing up in Beverly Hills and training in Culver City. Torres's partner, David Hoffman, a reproductive endocrinologist, who is the father of Torres' daughter Tessa, describes Torres's personality as "not type A. She's type A + +."
The story explains how Torres became the first woman to win the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach celebrity race; when asked to explain why she entered the event, she replied, "I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable."

==The San Francisco Chronicle's Gwen Knapp (linked here) questions the double-standard of how the media treats Torres' situation versus a Barry Bonds.

==NBCOlympics.com writer Alan Abrahamson writes on his blog (linked here) believes Torres is the real deal.

==Eric Boal's story on her in last Sunday's L.A. Daily News (linked here) where everyone from Mark Spitz to Michael Phelps to Amanda Beard endorse her efforts.

==What is Torres' stretching and gym routine? It's at this link.