Do distance swimmers spend less time w/kicking workouts

Remember that the target audience of the video includes those for whom "competition" might have a negative connotation. Maybe that comes from their age group or college days, or maybe it's fear of the unknown. Masters meets are different, but you probably have to see one to really understand that it's very low-key, the oldest swimmers get the biggest cheers, and almost everyone is just having fun. So to me, downplaying "competition" in the video was the right call. I swam in 2 meets this year and 1 meet last year. I'm nowhere near a top 10 swimmer, and even something like a national qualifying time is a distance away for me. My goal for meets is simply to see if/how I'm improving--or not--and if/how I want to continue my training. I'll race in whatever makes the most sense according to the meet schedule; usually the max# of events, while getting at least a little rest, ranging from 50s to 1500, nearly any free or ***. But I mostly consider myself a distance swimmer. Comparatively, I train swimming 4-6 hours/week (-v- maybe 10 hours/year at a meet), and when people ask me about masters swimming, I don't even really consider meets. As for this kicking thread... I actually swim with Paul's group. I'll tolerate some of this kicking stuff, when it makes sense for me, and go along with it. However, as a marathon runner, I quite liberally adjust my sets so I'm not overworking my legs when the energy is needed at another time (or when I'm not quite recovered from a training run). I'll confer with my lanemates and/or move to another area so I'm not in the way. Not sure where this whole kicking bootcamp idea came from, but as I'm running a marathon in 9 days, I've participated only slightly. I think it was Wednesday when I completely blew off much of what was assigned, but I stayed out of the way of those who didn't (my blog has what was assigned, and what I did).

Remember that the target audience of the video includes those for whom "competition" might have a negative connotation. Maybe that comes from their age group or college days, or maybe it's fear of the unknown. Masters meets are different, but you probably have to see one to really understand that it's very low-key, the oldest swimmers get the biggest cheers, and almost everyone is just having fun. So to me, downplaying "competition" in the video was the right call. I swam in 2 meets this year and 1 meet last year. I'm nowhere near a top 10 swimmer, and even something like a national qualifying time is a distance away for me. My goal for meets is simply to see if/how I'm improving--or not--and if/how I want to continue my training. I'll race in whatever makes the most sense according to the meet schedule; usually the max# of events, while getting at least a little rest, ranging from 50s to 1500, nearly any free or ***. But I mostly consider myself a distance swimmer. Comparatively, I train swimming 4-6 hours/week (-v- maybe 10 hours/year at a meet), and when people ask me about masters swimming, I don't even really consider meets. As for this kicking thread... I actually swim with Paul's group. I'll tolerate some of this kicking stuff, when it makes sense for me, and go along with it. However, as a marathon runner, I quite liberally adjust my sets so I'm not overworking my legs when the energy is needed at another time (or when I'm not quite recovered from a training run). I'll confer with my lanemates and/or move to another area so I'm not in the way. Not sure where this whole kicking bootcamp idea came from, but as I'm running a marathon in 9 days, I've participated only slightly. I think it was Wednesday when I completely blew off much of what was assigned, but I stayed out of the way of those who didn't (my blog has what was assigned, and what I did).