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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I keep telling my coaches I am a spinter and they keep saying I swim short races, but that is not the same thing.
I think I have a new motto. My I borrow it for my signature?
I remember when I first went to a Masters Coach, she watched me swim and then said, "Oh great a fast swimmer; you're the worst to coach."
A year later, I had to move; on my last day, I reminder her that she said that. Then I thanked her for curing me of being a fast swimmer.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I keep telling my coaches I am a spinter and they keep saying I swim short races, but that is not the same thing.
I think I have a new motto. My I borrow it for my signature?
I remember when I first went to a Masters Coach, she watched me swim and then said, "Oh great a fast swimmer; you're the worst to coach."
A year later, I had to move; on my last day, I reminder her that she said that. Then I thanked her for curing me of being a fast swimmer.:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
