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've been following this thread and I must say that these are truly tri-ing times:shakeshead: Here are a few of my own observations:
I don't swim in a group as such but since I swim when the pool opens at 05:00 AM all the folks are regulars and you know them all. In the last year or so we have had a few triathletes coming in a few times a week. Yes they swim free exclusively (except for a little c/d at the end of the session) but most of the non-triathletes also swim mostly freestyle. Some of them are excellent swimmers, some fair and some poor. They all follow a pre-planned w/o they bring with them. They seem to be very inovative - always willing to try something new. Alot of them have gotten into TI (an Israeli branch opened up this year) recently.Yes, they are a little cultish but hey, so is Tom Cruise.
As long as they don't make me run 10 kms. I'm fine with them.
I've been following this thread and I must say that these are truly tri-ing times:shakeshead: Here are a few of my own observations:
I don't swim in a group as such but since I swim when the pool opens at 05:00 AM all the folks are regulars and you know them all. In the last year or so we have had a few triathletes coming in a few times a week. Yes they swim free exclusively (except for a little c/d at the end of the session) but most of the non-triathletes also swim mostly freestyle. Some of them are excellent swimmers, some fair and some poor. They all follow a pre-planned w/o they bring with them. They seem to be very inovative - always willing to try something new. Alot of them have gotten into TI (an Israeli branch opened up this year) recently.Yes, they are a little cultish but hey, so is Tom Cruise.
As long as they don't make me run 10 kms. I'm fine with them.
