Lanieybug,
Its very easy to pass judgement on individuals or groups when you have had little if any oppurtunity to meet in person. Message boards such as this are sadly the only basis for some folks such as yourself to base your opinions......so I would ask you to consider something.
Regardless of your interest in competing yourself please try and attend a masters meet sometime. I think you'll find the intangible bond that keeps many of us going back and abusing ourselves at these events is not just the competition but the friendships (although it is VERY hard at times when you've got gulls and geeks in thir man bikinis!).
I'm as competitive as a human can get......but the fun for me is what happens before/after th swims.....abusing Mark Gill, finding who geek really is and preparing a group to tp his house next week, drinking beers with people I maybe see once a year but banter with daily on this forum, etc.
Lanieybug,
Its very easy to pass judgement on individuals or groups when you have had little if any oppurtunity to meet in person. Message boards such as this are sadly the only basis for some folks such as yourself to base your opinions......so I would ask you to consider something.
Regardless of your interest in competing yourself please try and attend a masters meet sometime. I think you'll find the intangible bond that keeps many of us going back and abusing ourselves at these events is not just the competition but the friendships (although it is VERY hard at times when you've got gulls and geeks in thir man bikinis!).
I'm as competitive as a human can get......but the fun for me is what happens before/after th swims.....abusing Mark Gill, finding who geek really is and preparing a group to tp his house next week, drinking beers with people I maybe see once a year but banter with daily on this forum, etc.
