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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Um, yes. Swimming was THE BIGGEST thing in the last Olympics, No that was Sychronized swimming.
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." Not really, but it too short. I agree with an earlier comment it should play a bigger role.
As far as kids go, check out kids swim meets versus kids tris, the ratio is like 100:1, if you are lucky. I love invented facts
Oh, and triathloning is a new Olympic sport, not one of the originals. The idea is to determine the best out-all athlete. Is that why so many specialist are injured?
As to magazines, that's a strange comment. It's about advertising. No its about growth, interest and the future of the sport.
Spitz proves my point. We all remember him swimmer and non-swimmer. How many non-swimmers know or care about Phelps, Thorpe, Sanders, and "whats her name" who is only known for being on/in Playboy?
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Um, yes. Swimming was THE BIGGEST thing in the last Olympics, No that was Sychronized swimming.
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." Not really, but it too short. I agree with an earlier comment it should play a bigger role.
As far as kids go, check out kids swim meets versus kids tris, the ratio is like 100:1, if you are lucky. I love invented facts
Oh, and triathloning is a new Olympic sport, not one of the originals. The idea is to determine the best out-all athlete. Is that why so many specialist are injured?
As to magazines, that's a strange comment. It's about advertising. No its about growth, interest and the future of the sport.
Spitz proves my point. We all remember him swimmer and non-swimmer. How many non-swimmers know or care about Phelps, Thorpe, Sanders, and "whats her name" who is only known for being on/in Playboy?
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