In swimming, how is it that one can excel in both sprints and long distance? Is it because the distance games in swimming are only "relatively" distance games but are not really distance games from a physiologic perspective?
In the world of tracks, for example, an athlete cannot excel at both sprints and distance. Even the athletes from the two areas look different - much leaner for the distance runners and muscular for the sprinters.
I am wondering about this because whether I should focus on either the sprint or the distance as I plan to participate in the masters meet, or whether I don't have to sacrifice one for the other.
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Fellow? They are the part of the family we don't talk about. Didn't evolve. The baboons of the swimming world, if you will.
Baboons will be appearing with loudhailers behind your block at future meets...:drink:
In response to the sprint vs distance thing.
I currently don't know what I am yet. Although I'm not that close to top times in any distance. I enjoy doing all the Breaststroke races!
There should be more too, maybe a 500 and a 1000 even some relays would be good...especially if we keep the "kicking sticks" and "loud, petulant" short axis folks waiting around longer...
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Fellow? They are the part of the family we don't talk about. Didn't evolve. The baboons of the swimming world, if you will.
Baboons will be appearing with loudhailers behind your block at future meets...:drink:
In response to the sprint vs distance thing.
I currently don't know what I am yet. Although I'm not that close to top times in any distance. I enjoy doing all the Breaststroke races!
There should be more too, maybe a 500 and a 1000 even some relays would be good...especially if we keep the "kicking sticks" and "loud, petulant" short axis folks waiting around longer...
