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.
I agree. I think for some of us who competed in USA Swimming and college, Masters is a whole different world. I've already done the "swimming is my life" thing and I now enjoy swimming as a small part of my life as opposed to what directs it.
For those who didn't swim younger, there may be a few who are as into it now as we were then. But Master's swimming is not equivalent to USA Swimming. To take PED's to set a Master's record does seem a bit pathetic.
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.
I agree. I think for some of us who competed in USA Swimming and college, Masters is a whole different world. I've already done the "swimming is my life" thing and I now enjoy swimming as a small part of my life as opposed to what directs it.
For those who didn't swim younger, there may be a few who are as into it now as we were then. But Master's swimming is not equivalent to USA Swimming. To take PED's to set a Master's record does seem a bit pathetic.
