Are Triathletes worth the dues they pay toward Masters Swimming?
I say we force all Triathletes to spend one day a week in the sprint lane, one day a week doing stroke (i.e. IM) work, and then make them focus on their starts and turns.
This invasion needs to be controlled.... :-)
John Smith
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I definitely have mixed feelings. I also am happy to see the program grow and many of them are committed athletes. However during long course season we only have 4 lanes so there is a space issue. The SWIMMERS can't swim with the triathletes because all the tris want to do is freestyle. They also require quite a bit of supervision since some (not all) seem to be a couple of steps shy of drowning. I guess if I had to make a decision it would be to get rid of them at our practices (during LC season) except for the ones who can and are willing to do a SWIMMING practice...I feel like I can say that since we do have a separate practice for them but they tend to trickle over into the swimming practices...
I definitely have mixed feelings. I also am happy to see the program grow and many of them are committed athletes. However during long course season we only have 4 lanes so there is a space issue. The SWIMMERS can't swim with the triathletes because all the tris want to do is freestyle. They also require quite a bit of supervision since some (not all) seem to be a couple of steps shy of drowning. I guess if I had to make a decision it would be to get rid of them at our practices (during LC season) except for the ones who can and are willing to do a SWIMMING practice...I feel like I can say that since we do have a separate practice for them but they tend to trickle over into the swimming practices...
