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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Which reminds me, what did you end up going in the 100 IM?
A poor 1:25...slower than my seed. It was too soon after the 200BR. I was in the top heat of the 200BR and there was maybe 5 heats of something inbetween my that and my IM...Elton John and Billy Joel gave a duet concert on my way home on the 25FR...LOL
Which reminds me, what did you end up going in the 100 IM?
A poor 1:25...slower than my seed. It was too soon after the 200BR. I was in the top heat of the 200BR and there was maybe 5 heats of something inbetween my that and my IM...Elton John and Billy Joel gave a duet concert on my way home on the 25FR...LOL
