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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The tryathletes also have a very hard time keeping up unless they have a swimming background and they are unwilling to work hard on the other stroke. We have had several come through our program and disappear....
This is a very good point. Most of our team is tris and a typical "swimmers" workout differs from what tris usually do for swimming. This can drive them away and quickly. However, the ones that do remain become much stronger swimmers than those who think a swim workout is slapping on a pull buoy, fins and powering out a 1500 yard swim.
I also see a lot of the tri training programs that are low yardage and kinda pathetic. I guess the goal is just to finish the swim.
The tryathletes also have a very hard time keeping up unless they have a swimming background and they are unwilling to work hard on the other stroke. We have had several come through our program and disappear....
This is a very good point. Most of our team is tris and a typical "swimmers" workout differs from what tris usually do for swimming. This can drive them away and quickly. However, the ones that do remain become much stronger swimmers than those who think a swim workout is slapping on a pull buoy, fins and powering out a 1500 yard swim.
I also see a lot of the tri training programs that are low yardage and kinda pathetic. I guess the goal is just to finish the swim.
