Should USMS require record breakers to do drug testing? ...

Give me a break. We train year round, some of us waking up at 4:30 am every day to get to practice. We invest time and money traveling to swim meets. We buy expensive technical suits. We worry about our tapers. We experiment with dry land routines and cross training. And we spend too much time on this forum arguing with other people who are similarly obsessed. You, Mr. Smith, are not being honest with yourself when you say that it's "just" masters swimming. Gull, Just because you devote money and time to an endeavor does not make the results any more significant. Masters swimming exists as an alternative to USA Swimming..... i.e. the real thing. Masters swimming is for fun, racing, health and friends. In that sense..... "It's just Masters Swimming". If anyone truly wanted to take it seriously, they'd step up and swim USA swimming where the competition is real. Evil Smith, One quick remedy for not rolling back on your heals on the start is to lose 10lbs off your butt. John Smith

Give me a break. We train year round, some of us waking up at 4:30 am every day to get to practice. We invest time and money traveling to swim meets. We buy expensive technical suits. We worry about our tapers. We experiment with dry land routines and cross training. And we spend too much time on this forum arguing with other people who are similarly obsessed. You, Mr. Smith, are not being honest with yourself when you say that it's "just" masters swimming. Gull, Just because you devote money and time to an endeavor does not make the results any more significant. Masters swimming exists as an alternative to USA Swimming..... i.e. the real thing. Masters swimming is for fun, racing, health and friends. In that sense..... "It's just Masters Swimming". If anyone truly wanted to take it seriously, they'd step up and swim USA swimming where the competition is real. Evil Smith, One quick remedy for not rolling back on your heals on the start is to lose 10lbs off your butt. John Smith