You know you're a breaststroker when...

I was, for years, MUCH faster at BR than FR. In fact, my first two 1650 swims at USMS Nationals were done BR. When I first started masters swimming in the late 80s, I couldn't even complete a 500 EZ warmup swim FR but could easily swim 3000 yds of BR at a pretty good pace. Now, after visiting the appropriate gurus in the high mountains of Nepal (and, of course, swimming a bunch of FR) I can say that my FR is faster than the BR for all distances. Am I a better man for it? -- mel

I was, for years, MUCH faster at BR than FR. In fact, my first two 1650 swims at USMS Nationals were done BR. When I first started masters swimming in the late 80s, I couldn't even complete a 500 EZ warmup swim FR but could easily swim 3000 yds of BR at a pretty good pace. Now, after visiting the appropriate gurus in the high mountains of Nepal (and, of course, swimming a bunch of FR) I can say that my FR is faster than the BR for all distances. Am I a better man for it? -- mel