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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Former Member
Originally posted by geochuck
I had a swim this morning, when I got home I had a ride on my neighbours electric wheel chair, she had trouble steering it, I repaired and tightened a bolt that was loose, then ran into the house and poured a coffee (nourishment). That was my tri event this morning.
All kidding aside it is pride in what we do. In 1956 the Canadian heavy weight 8 rowing team won the gold medal. I knew the members of the team. They were great rowers, one had been a swimmer before but he could not make it in swimming that year, only two male swimmers went for Canada. If he had only been a swimmer he would not have gone.
Most of the master swimmers on this forum could not swim 5 min for a 400m and many would be happy if they could do a 400 in 7 min. A lot of us just love to talk. Even one of them had me swimming 400m in 4 minutes in 1956 when I could only do 4:50.
Somewhere here inthe midwest, I've been told that there is a triathalon where instead of doing the bicycle you row. rowinf crew & swimming are very compatible. I row almost every day. I really enjoy it. Most of the time I use a machie but the few times I actually get a skull out on the water is great!
Mike said it best.....
PLEASE come and be a part of US Masters Swimming.....We could care less if you are a triathlon swimmer...or a lamp post....Swimming is the bottom line......Swimming is the ONLY line....PLEASE remember that!
Run, jump & swim is great.....swimming is even better.....and USMS LOVES THEM ALL.....Bottom line.....
DOOR 1.....DOOR 2.....or.....DOOR 3......if it is swimming related....COME ON DOWN.....!
Swimming is what we are about....! All the other high brow nonsense is just that....NONSENSE!
wow,
I cant believe the venom of some of these posts.
that swimmer in Co. has a real complex about better athletes the himself. I understand the good natured ribbing (some of which may be true) but this jerk acctually says he is grateful that Tri people are injured most of the time. I think the thin air is gettinjg to his brain. I find the people in my swim group are pretty welcoming and I have improved my swim time each as a result of training with them.
p.s. I consider myself a swimmer because I could do it before I could walk just maybe not as fast as some of you. and the first team I was on was a swim team.
Originally posted by Paul Smith
A coiple of things however to keep in mind:
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Very good post, nailed it on the head. (Do some of these "I'm faster than you" posters make fun of pre-teen swimmers because they are slower, or do they recognize that there may be more than one reason for speed differences?)
Originally posted by ande
plus most of triathlete women tend to look great!
i admire their work ethics
But was "work ethic" your first choice of words? :D (I'd have gone with "abs".)
Originally posted by Kerry
So maybe we should cut this thread off?
There is always the nuclear option... TheGoodSmith made the first post, if he deletes it, the whole thread gets nuked. :eek:
My team is mostly triathletes. Or at the least, many swimmers converted to triathlons. They receive some trash talk about their biking and running abilities (from both sides), but it is in good fun (we want them to succeed).
A link to this discussion was posted on the beginnertriathlete.com message boards, so perhaps many of the new visitors to this thread are from there. It's a situation akin to a newbie stepping into a roomful of people who know each other and seeing a single "trash talk" discussion, taking it seriously, and thinking that's representative of the whole forum.
So maybe we should cut this thread off?
FWIW, I recently joined a master's team after 25 years of not swimming, and there are several triathletes on the team, and everyone seems to get along great. There's no tension at all that I can see. Everyone just swims and has a good time.
Originally posted by TheGoodSmith
Owning the title of the most irritating individual in US Masters Swimming takes constant work and self pride.... :-)
You aren't even on the ballot for this honor. Only one person, who shall not be named, is even eligible for this. After all, to refer to yourself as one speed, yet be incapable of that speed, puts you in a class by yourself.
