It's hard to be motivated by "destroy the competition", since really tight races are rather rare in masters swimming. In my experience, in most heats, the faster folks are clearly faster, and the slower folks are clearly slower. You'd better be racing against yourself, because there are no other races in the pool!
That said, it's fun when something like this happens. 200 ***:
4 Swimosaur M54 GKMS
38.34 1:21.00(42.66) 2:03.33(42.33) 2:45.65(42.32)
5 Guy in the Next Lane M55 UNAT
37.16 1:21.36(44.20) 2:04.71(43.35) 2:45.83(41.12)
That was a fun race. I can honestly say I like races, even when I lose. I do like to race.
But racing is the icing on the cake; it's not the main motivation. The main motivations are staying healthy and having fun. Even getting personal bests, as great as it is, is third on the list.
Stay healthy, have fun, swim faster! In that order!
It's hard to be motivated by "destroy the competition", since really tight races are rather rare in masters swimming. In my experience, in most heats, the faster folks are clearly faster, and the slower folks are clearly slower. You'd better be racing against yourself, because there are no other races in the pool!
That said, it's fun when something like this happens. 200 ***:
4 Swimosaur M54 GKMS
38.34 1:21.00(42.66) 2:03.33(42.33) 2:45.65(42.32)
5 Guy in the Next Lane M55 UNAT
37.16 1:21.36(44.20) 2:04.71(43.35) 2:45.83(41.12)
That was a fun race. I can honestly say I like races, even when I lose. I do like to race.
But racing is the icing on the cake; it's not the main motivation. The main motivations are staying healthy and having fun. Even getting personal bests, as great as it is, is third on the list.
Stay healthy, have fun, swim faster! In that order!
