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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A link to this discussion was posted on the beginnertriathlete.com message boards, so perhaps many of the new visitors to this thread are from there. It's a situation akin to a newbie stepping into a roomful of people who know each other and seeing a single "trash talk" discussion, taking it seriously, and thinking that's representative of the whole forum.
So maybe we should cut this thread off?
FWIW, I recently joined a master's team after 25 years of not swimming, and there are several triathletes on the team, and everyone seems to get along great. There's no tension at all that I can see. Everyone just swims and has a good time.
A link to this discussion was posted on the beginnertriathlete.com message boards, so perhaps many of the new visitors to this thread are from there. It's a situation akin to a newbie stepping into a roomful of people who know each other and seeing a single "trash talk" discussion, taking it seriously, and thinking that's representative of the whole forum.
So maybe we should cut this thread off?
FWIW, I recently joined a master's team after 25 years of not swimming, and there are several triathletes on the team, and everyone seems to get along great. There's no tension at all that I can see. Everyone just swims and has a good time.
