I am curious how many of the posters here swam in high school, college, etc. and how close to the top you got. Thus the following not terribly detailed poll.
Continue, my monofinned friend.
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I think swimming is a pretty unnatural thing for humans, in most ways. Think about it: if you have a footrace between a typical "man/woman off the street" and an 8-year-old who runs track, usually the adult will win (not always of course).
But a typical adult will usually lose, probably pretty badly, to an 8-year-old year-round swimmer in a 25 yard race. Heck, I can remember going 15.5 in the 25 fly as an 8-yo (still the pinnacle of my swimming career in my opinion).
So I think there is a huge advantage to having swum competitively as a child. To repeat myself, I greatly admire the achievements of masters swimmers (and triathletes) who picked up the sport as an adult.:applaud: It is a difficult and impressive thing to do.
Continue, my monofinned friend.
Chuckle...
I think swimming is a pretty unnatural thing for humans, in most ways. Think about it: if you have a footrace between a typical "man/woman off the street" and an 8-year-old who runs track, usually the adult will win (not always of course).
But a typical adult will usually lose, probably pretty badly, to an 8-year-old year-round swimmer in a 25 yard race. Heck, I can remember going 15.5 in the 25 fly as an 8-yo (still the pinnacle of my swimming career in my opinion).
So I think there is a huge advantage to having swum competitively as a child. To repeat myself, I greatly admire the achievements of masters swimmers (and triathletes) who picked up the sport as an adult.:applaud: It is a difficult and impressive thing to do.
