My team, Rockwall Aquatic Masters is having a long course meet on 6th July and I am actively trying to convince team mates to sign up. On my blog I was describing my disappointment that more of my team mates had not signed up. One commenter posted the following, "Why do they have to participate? I have more fun going to practice than I do meets. I don't find meets fun anymore." I guess I had assumed that most people enjoy meets and I found it strange that my team mates did not want to sign up. This got me thinking and I wondered why people compete or don't compete? Any thoughts?
Not everyone is going to be gun-ho about racing - especially pool racing. There is no Truth like the Truth of your times to the one hundreth of second in a controlled environment.
This is so true, Chowmi - it takes many years to "forget" your times of your youth & just enjoy the improvements you're making now.
My biggest hang up is the social aspect. My area has no masters team, so I have to join a team 4 hours away to swim on relays - since I've done this, swim meets are so much more fun! I have someone to sit with, someone to cheer with & cheer for, and someone cheering for me besides my husband!! I would love it if the local adults would also join USMS and go to meets with me, they are my friends & I think it would be a blast - but they would rather do triathlons I guess, and I think Chowmi has hit the nail on the head as to why - they don't really want to know how slow/fast they are! The older I get, the faster I was!
Not everyone is going to be gun-ho about racing - especially pool racing. There is no Truth like the Truth of your times to the one hundreth of second in a controlled environment.
This is so true, Chowmi - it takes many years to "forget" your times of your youth & just enjoy the improvements you're making now.
My biggest hang up is the social aspect. My area has no masters team, so I have to join a team 4 hours away to swim on relays - since I've done this, swim meets are so much more fun! I have someone to sit with, someone to cheer with & cheer for, and someone cheering for me besides my husband!! I would love it if the local adults would also join USMS and go to meets with me, they are my friends & I think it would be a blast - but they would rather do triathlons I guess, and I think Chowmi has hit the nail on the head as to why - they don't really want to know how slow/fast they are! The older I get, the faster I was!
