The Brothers Swenson

BY DEVON O'NEIL
SUMMIT DAILY NEWS
May 30, 2006

BRECKENRIDGE – Pete Swenson ponders the question, a simple, to-the-point, can't-mess-this-one-up “How old are you?”

“Thirty-seven,” he says confidently.

“No you're not,” the man sitting next to him says. “You're 38.”

Taken aback, Swenson turns toward the disputer. It's his brother Carl.

“Yeah, you're gonna be 39 in October,” Carl reiterates.

Pete realizes and admits his error all in one long groan: “Nooooooo.”

So begins an hour with the Swenson brothers, a pair of the best and most versatile endurance athletes in the country, who just happen to be pretty funny, too.

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