The Fastest Age

I have only read the last few posts (I don't think I have the time or the mind to read all 24 pages :) ), but even I a perpetual lurker was driven to comment. I do not think that all would agree that the tri folks are mostly fitness swimmers. (I am not one and as a primarily open water swimmer, my friends would never forgive me for defending them.) Anyway, Ion I know that you live in San Diego and used to train at SDSM before changing to your current location at Swim Smarter. I was wondering how aften you attended the lunchtime SDSM work-out at UCSD. I used to live in San Diego in the early/ mid-90s and would occasionally swim that work-out with the triathletes. At least, one of the people you name (MJ) was a regular to that swim and swam with the fastest group. There were many other world-class triathletes as well. I have a log book where I have written down my work-outs and I don't think they would be classifed as primarily fitness. As a typical example, (I have written down that it was a noon work-out and I remember it vividly for other reasons), the 90 minute work-out was 5700 yards with the main set being 9 x 300 (3 on 4:00, 3 on 3:45 and 3 on 3:30, each group descending). I know this was a long time ago and the program may have changed, but I have a hard time thinking that MJ has changed her swimming regimen so drastically since she has been performing at the top of her sport for over a decade. Anyway, I just wanted to provide some evidence that not all tri folks are swimming for fitness.

I have only read the last few posts (I don't think I have the time or the mind to read all 24 pages :) ), but even I a perpetual lurker was driven to comment. I do not think that all would agree that the tri folks are mostly fitness swimmers. (I am not one and as a primarily open water swimmer, my friends would never forgive me for defending them.) Anyway, Ion I know that you live in San Diego and used to train at SDSM before changing to your current location at Swim Smarter. I was wondering how aften you attended the lunchtime SDSM work-out at UCSD. I used to live in San Diego in the early/ mid-90s and would occasionally swim that work-out with the triathletes. At least, one of the people you name (MJ) was a regular to that swim and swam with the fastest group. There were many other world-class triathletes as well. I have a log book where I have written down my work-outs and I don't think they would be classifed as primarily fitness. As a typical example, (I have written down that it was a noon work-out and I remember it vividly for other reasons), the 90 minute work-out was 5700 yards with the main set being 9 x 300 (3 on 4:00, 3 on 3:45 and 3 on 3:30, each group descending). I know this was a long time ago and the program may have changed, but I have a hard time thinking that MJ has changed her swimming regimen so drastically since she has been performing at the top of her sport for over a decade. Anyway, I just wanted to provide some evidence that not all tri folks are swimming for fitness.