Lance Armstrong

I daresay Lance would be 100x more welcome in the swimming community than the triathlete community. I don't know why, but I get the feeling triathletes don't want him to 'invade their sport' (even though he used to compete in triathlons before getting into serious cycling. However, I tend to think the masters swimming community would absolutely love for him to join us and would be happy to see him succeed in the pool. Hopefully he is serious about our Spring Nationals in Greensboro. And if so, somebody please make sure he enters the meet prior to the deadline! Jeff I think you need to seperate the way pros feel vs. the way your average triathlete feels. When Dara Tores came back, quite a few elite females complained loudly and publicly about losing "their" spot to someone who already had their turn. I am equally sure that there are a few pros triathletes who feel the same way. But your average triathlete is glad Lance is back in the sport, other than those who think ( not without reason ) that Lance was a cheat. And I am sure you can find plenty of those folks on the pool deck too. Triathletes do whine a lot. And post their workouts on facebook too often. But they do work harder - way harder - than swimmers (and get divorced because they become too obsessed about it).

I daresay Lance would be 100x more welcome in the swimming community than the triathlete community. I don't know why, but I get the feeling triathletes don't want him to 'invade their sport' (even though he used to compete in triathlons before getting into serious cycling. However, I tend to think the masters swimming community would absolutely love for him to join us and would be happy to see him succeed in the pool. Hopefully he is serious about our Spring Nationals in Greensboro. And if so, somebody please make sure he enters the meet prior to the deadline! Jeff I think you need to seperate the way pros feel vs. the way your average triathlete feels. When Dara Tores came back, quite a few elite females complained loudly and publicly about losing "their" spot to someone who already had their turn. I am equally sure that there are a few pros triathletes who feel the same way. But your average triathlete is glad Lance is back in the sport, other than those who think ( not without reason ) that Lance was a cheat. And I am sure you can find plenty of those folks on the pool deck too. Triathletes do whine a lot. And post their workouts on facebook too often. But they do work harder - way harder - than swimmers (and get divorced because they become too obsessed about it).