i swim in the medium to slower lanes at a very competitive masters team workouts in san diego, and am usually asked to slide down to slower lanes when the equal ability swimmers (vs triathletes) show up.
the funny thing is most of these swimmers use a pull bouy or fins for the WHOLE workout. i think it's a ego thing in la-la land.
i would like to swim with people who can push me harder, instead of down in the last slowest lane. should i just chalk it up to normal swimmers protocal? or find another team? :confused:
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I don't understand why people get so irritated/judgmental over equipment use. We're all adults. And we do all have different goals, agendas, meet focuses, injury issues, etc. Can't we live and let live?
Sometimes when I read this stuff, I'm glad I practice solo most of the time ...
Very true Leslie. It's masters which is why I stated that "anything goes" short of mooning your teammate (which now that I think about it, could be fun) and diving in on their head. And speaking of mooning and anything goes, I will never forget the time when one of my male masters teammates pushed me in with both his hands via my butt! I opted to not be irritated or judgmental! Who's going to place judgment on a Kona #1 age group finisher?
I can say that I've seen swimmers don equipment and then draft the entire practice off the lane leader. So I think that's where people may get a bit annoyed as it certainly affects their workout. And when you look to the coach, they shrug their shoulders. . .
I do, however, still feel a tiny bit sorry for the hard lesson that a newbie or tri swimmer may learn (Can'tWait4Bike will be itching to go to his bike after this thread) after they have worked so hard to learn the basics and then they come into masters to see everyone swimming with paddles and fins. I can see the shock registering on their face as they realize that now they are very slow compared to the rest of the group and they need to learn to swim with paddles ASAP. Don't know about others but it took me quite a while to learn how to swim fast with paddles. Still have yet to learn to swim with fins! ;)
I don't understand why people get so irritated/judgmental over equipment use. We're all adults. And we do all have different goals, agendas, meet focuses, injury issues, etc. Can't we live and let live?
Sometimes when I read this stuff, I'm glad I practice solo most of the time ...
Very true Leslie. It's masters which is why I stated that "anything goes" short of mooning your teammate (which now that I think about it, could be fun) and diving in on their head. And speaking of mooning and anything goes, I will never forget the time when one of my male masters teammates pushed me in with both his hands via my butt! I opted to not be irritated or judgmental! Who's going to place judgment on a Kona #1 age group finisher?
I can say that I've seen swimmers don equipment and then draft the entire practice off the lane leader. So I think that's where people may get a bit annoyed as it certainly affects their workout. And when you look to the coach, they shrug their shoulders. . .
I do, however, still feel a tiny bit sorry for the hard lesson that a newbie or tri swimmer may learn (Can'tWait4Bike will be itching to go to his bike after this thread) after they have worked so hard to learn the basics and then they come into masters to see everyone swimming with paddles and fins. I can see the shock registering on their face as they realize that now they are very slow compared to the rest of the group and they need to learn to swim with paddles ASAP. Don't know about others but it took me quite a while to learn how to swim fast with paddles. Still have yet to learn to swim with fins! ;)
