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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BTW: does anyone other than the swimmers waiting to swim and parents even watch swimming?
Um, yes. Swimming was THE BIGGEST thing in the last Olympics, will be THE BIGGEST thing in the next Olympics. Most people with any knowledge of sports still rank Spitz's accomplishments 30+ years ago as one of the greatest feats of all time and that may soon be undone.
As much as I enjoy the other two disciplines (there you go, Smiths), lets face it, anyone can run or bike, not saying they do it well. It's the swimming that is the gatekeeper to the sport, except for the 1% of us that can actually swim good and then get punked out of the water. I should start counting the number of tris that tell me "if I could only swim good, I'd be much better at tris."
As far as kids go, check out kids swim meets versus kids tris, the ratio is like 100:1, if you are lucky. Oh, and triathloning is a new Olympic sport, not one of the originals.
As to magazines, that's a strange comment. It's about advertising. I can take a non swimmer and they are good to go for $40. $40 won't even buy you a pedal or a half pair of decent running shoes.
BTW: does anyone other than the swimmers waiting to swim and parents even watch swimming?
Um, yes. Swimming was THE BIGGEST thing in the last Olympics, will be THE BIGGEST thing in the next Olympics. Most people with any knowledge of sports still rank Spitz's accomplishments 30+ years ago as one of the greatest feats of all time and that may soon be undone.
As much as I enjoy the other two disciplines (there you go, Smiths), lets face it, anyone can run or bike, not saying they do it well. It's the swimming that is the gatekeeper to the sport, except for the 1% of us that can actually swim good and then get punked out of the water. I should start counting the number of tris that tell me "if I could only swim good, I'd be much better at tris."
As far as kids go, check out kids swim meets versus kids tris, the ratio is like 100:1, if you are lucky. Oh, and triathloning is a new Olympic sport, not one of the originals.
As to magazines, that's a strange comment. It's about advertising. I can take a non swimmer and they are good to go for $40. $40 won't even buy you a pedal or a half pair of decent running shoes.
