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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Hey "Triathlete".......as many have pointed out his is mostly having a bit of fun, something that happens on this forum daily.
A coiple of things however to keep in mind:
- This is a forum geared to "masters" swimmers and my guess is that the vast majority here are 40+ (you couldn't even swim in our nationals because your to young).
- Most all have full time jobs and are far past their prime and when we poke fun at Triathletes its not the "elite" who can swim in the fastest lanes but rather the "weekend warrior" version......those that typically have little if any background in any of the 3 disciplines and don't know the "rules".
- Being 17 we'll forgive your spouting off about your times in this venue, but you should know that your swim time might have made the top 5 in the 40-44 age group in masters and there are some 50 yar olds that could whup your butt. By the way....wht is th QT time for USS junior nationals? Have you ever been?
- As outstanding as your overall Tri splits are, especially at your age keep in mind that separately you would have a hard time getting a college scholorship in any of them if you specialized. That may not be important because you may have the talent to go pro....but to keep it in perspective the guy who started this thread was sub 4:00 in the 400 at your age, had a full ride to Texas qualified fo NCAA (Div 1) in every distance of free (50-500), plus the 200IM and 100 fly and went 1:35 in the 200 one year.
- He however couldn't ride a bike without training wheels and like me can't run to the bathroom but what the hey!
- See.......no one here is "safe" and most all of us give/take a lot of abuse....something you'll learn when you get to our age and live on advil, ice packs, massgae, cortisone shots, etc. etc.!
Hey "Triathlete".......as many have pointed out his is mostly having a bit of fun, something that happens on this forum daily.
A coiple of things however to keep in mind:
- This is a forum geared to "masters" swimmers and my guess is that the vast majority here are 40+ (you couldn't even swim in our nationals because your to young).
- Most all have full time jobs and are far past their prime and when we poke fun at Triathletes its not the "elite" who can swim in the fastest lanes but rather the "weekend warrior" version......those that typically have little if any background in any of the 3 disciplines and don't know the "rules".
- Being 17 we'll forgive your spouting off about your times in this venue, but you should know that your swim time might have made the top 5 in the 40-44 age group in masters and there are some 50 yar olds that could whup your butt. By the way....wht is th QT time for USS junior nationals? Have you ever been?
- As outstanding as your overall Tri splits are, especially at your age keep in mind that separately you would have a hard time getting a college scholorship in any of them if you specialized. That may not be important because you may have the talent to go pro....but to keep it in perspective the guy who started this thread was sub 4:00 in the 400 at your age, had a full ride to Texas qualified fo NCAA (Div 1) in every distance of free (50-500), plus the 200IM and 100 fly and went 1:35 in the 200 one year.
- He however couldn't ride a bike without training wheels and like me can't run to the bathroom but what the hey!
- See.......no one here is "safe" and most all of us give/take a lot of abuse....something you'll learn when you get to our age and live on advil, ice packs, massgae, cortisone shots, etc. etc.!
