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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I don't know about that at all. You can get totally suited up for swimming, including the latest in meet gear, a practice suit and goggles for less than $400. You go grab bag and you are set for $30. You can't even sniff a bike with the latest gear for anything under $3K. Average equipping of a bike will run you at minimum $500-$1000, forget about the change of season wear. You want a top of the line bike and top gear, you are looking at well over $5K, way way over. Then, for some strange reason, you continue to nickel and dime yourself to death on the thing. Every biker I know is always buying something new.
Then you got to tote your bike around, there's another few hundred for a rack. Triathlons are about 2-3X as expensive as swim meets for registration.
As to environmental impact - roads also cost money to build, I've heard $1 million a mile these days. Every biker and runner I know also belongs to a gym so that is a wash with swimming.
If you are a serious runner, you are looking at $200+ a year in shoes, plus warm and cold weather wear, which is probably comparable to swimming.
I don't know about that at all. You can get totally suited up for swimming, including the latest in meet gear, a practice suit and goggles for less than $400. You go grab bag and you are set for $30. You can't even sniff a bike with the latest gear for anything under $3K. Average equipping of a bike will run you at minimum $500-$1000, forget about the change of season wear. You want a top of the line bike and top gear, you are looking at well over $5K, way way over. Then, for some strange reason, you continue to nickel and dime yourself to death on the thing. Every biker I know is always buying something new.
Then you got to tote your bike around, there's another few hundred for a rack. Triathlons are about 2-3X as expensive as swim meets for registration.
As to environmental impact - roads also cost money to build, I've heard $1 million a mile these days. Every biker and runner I know also belongs to a gym so that is a wash with swimming.
If you are a serious runner, you are looking at $200+ a year in shoes, plus warm and cold weather wear, which is probably comparable to swimming.
