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 actually do like the vast majority of tris that swim with us ... for the most part they swim the same sets and will swim all four strokes ... I get annoyed when we are swimming IM and they do free, back, free, free ... that is NOT an IM ... Worse is when we don't do much stroke work or IM work b/c the tris are all there ... that drives me nuts...
But they give the club money, some give USMS money, and while they'd kick my butt on a bike or a run, I can beat most of them in the pool, so ...
I actually do like the vast majority of tris that swim with us ... for the most part they swim the same sets and will swim all four strokes ... I get annoyed when we are swimming IM and they do free, back, free, free ... that is NOT an IM ... Worse is when we don't do much stroke work or IM work b/c the tris are all there ... that drives me nuts...
But they give the club money, some give USMS money, and while they'd kick my butt on a bike or a run, I can beat most of them in the pool, so ...
