Here's a thread for the ladies to discuss anything that relates to women and swimming. For example, feel free to discuss how disgustingly ugly fastskins are, how the "curse" can kill a meet, how suits don't fit, how swimming wrecks your hair, how hormones unhinge you, etc.
Ladies,
How do you feel about swimming mixed heats with the guys? Does the added turbulence bother you? Do you not notice it? Other thoughts?
I don't care about swimming with the guys any more than I mind swimming with the girls of various ages.
What I do not like is the sandbagging of times by swimmers to very selfishly provide themselves with calm water.
THAT practice is what creates havoc with turbulence in all the wrong places during a race.
And does not serve the concept of racing to bring out a faster swim.
Frankly, I find that men sandbag more than women. We all know Fort sandbags and is content to do so...
So does Ande. Two of my favorite masters swimmers.
Proof that even though we do not always agree, we can survive and still learn from each other in the same world!
I always enter my best times so in the blur at the finish when I can't remember my PR, I can check the timer's card.
Nearly always at 1-day meets I end up swimming in either the fastest or 2nd fastest heat - with all the fastest guys. There are always faster guys in the earlier heats.
No, I don't like it, but I still try to swim as hard as I can in the heat I am assigned.
Sometimes I still hit my best times. Sometimes the heats are actually seeded correctly.
Sandbagging sucks - and it is selfish.
Maybe if everyone did it, we would have a fair seeding. But I have a feeling the true sandbaggers would find another way to calm water.
Ladies,
How do you feel about swimming mixed heats with the guys? Does the added turbulence bother you? Do you not notice it? Other thoughts?
I don't care about swimming with the guys any more than I mind swimming with the girls of various ages.
What I do not like is the sandbagging of times by swimmers to very selfishly provide themselves with calm water.
THAT practice is what creates havoc with turbulence in all the wrong places during a race.
And does not serve the concept of racing to bring out a faster swim.
Frankly, I find that men sandbag more than women. We all know Fort sandbags and is content to do so...
So does Ande. Two of my favorite masters swimmers.
Proof that even though we do not always agree, we can survive and still learn from each other in the same world!
I always enter my best times so in the blur at the finish when I can't remember my PR, I can check the timer's card.
Nearly always at 1-day meets I end up swimming in either the fastest or 2nd fastest heat - with all the fastest guys. There are always faster guys in the earlier heats.
No, I don't like it, but I still try to swim as hard as I can in the heat I am assigned.
Sometimes I still hit my best times. Sometimes the heats are actually seeded correctly.
Sandbagging sucks - and it is selfish.
Maybe if everyone did it, we would have a fair seeding. But I have a feeling the true sandbaggers would find another way to calm water.
