I was just wondering if anyone out there knows of masters swimmers who don’t compete and that have achieved Top Ten Times, American Records, World Records, etc. in practice. I know that stories have circulated around about swimmers like Mark Spitz who have done this (although I think he did compete :)). I was just wondering if there are similar stories in the masters ranks. It seems to me that it would be highly probable in masters swimming because so many of its members do not actually swim at meets. Therefore, I would think there are people out there who achieve these (unofficial) times during a practice session and are relatively unknown. If you’ve got a story to share, please do.
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Personally (and it shows from my times) the actual in the water part of swim meets is less important to me then the mini-vacation and spending time with friends aspects.
What shows from your times, Rob, is that you're pretty darn fast--4:47.03 in the 400 at the Woodlands last summer, and a 4:38.53 the summer before at Worlds, both good enough for a fourth place finish.
Since I just moved up into your age group, I can only hope that you don't get really serious about competing.
Personally (and it shows from my times) the actual in the water part of swim meets is less important to me then the mini-vacation and spending time with friends aspects.
What shows from your times, Rob, is that you're pretty darn fast--4:47.03 in the 400 at the Woodlands last summer, and a 4:38.53 the summer before at Worlds, both good enough for a fourth place finish.
Since I just moved up into your age group, I can only hope that you don't get really serious about competing.
