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
:)
Posted on this thread two years ago:
Powerful the dark side is.
I am still chuckling over this post from a few days ago...
Anyways...
Tris fill up the numbers on a lot of teams that might go under otherwise. This is not a bad thing, IMHO. Our team is heavily tri-based and most of the tri-background folks have seriously improved their swimming and thus their tri times. The friction between those with a swimming background and those with a tri background is pretty minimal. Though I think we do a lot less stroke and sprints and a lot more distance free/aerobic stuff due to the large tri base on our team... and I would like to do more sprints!
I've completed a few tris in the past... it's a nice break in the summer from swimming. And, when I had a few years a while ago of being totally burnt on swimming, at least tris kept me active and in the water a little bit... Now my knees have completely derailed any running (or biking for that matter) at the moment... but maybe I be able to do a tri next summer just to try and beat my little sister. I'll start training for the biking and running on May 5! :D
Posted on this thread two years ago:
Powerful the dark side is.
I am still chuckling over this post from a few days ago...
Anyways...
Tris fill up the numbers on a lot of teams that might go under otherwise. This is not a bad thing, IMHO. Our team is heavily tri-based and most of the tri-background folks have seriously improved their swimming and thus their tri times. The friction between those with a swimming background and those with a tri background is pretty minimal. Though I think we do a lot less stroke and sprints and a lot more distance free/aerobic stuff due to the large tri base on our team... and I would like to do more sprints!
I've completed a few tris in the past... it's a nice break in the summer from swimming. And, when I had a few years a while ago of being totally burnt on swimming, at least tris kept me active and in the water a little bit... Now my knees have completely derailed any running (or biking for that matter) at the moment... but maybe I be able to do a tri next summer just to try and beat my little sister. I'll start training for the biking and running on May 5! :D
