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 really don't see what being a triathlete or not has to do with anything and if people use equipment or not. Personally I'm a purist when it comes to practice eschewing pull buoys and fins unless they are for a specific purpose or set, but if someone feels the need to wear them, that's there business.
Lane choice should be nothing more than a speed issue. Those of like speed should be able to share a lane while of course having somewhat even lane traffic (5 in one lone and only 1 in another doesn't make a whole lot of sense either).
Even though I'm 43, I prefer a strict coach, but most of the people in our group were not competitive swimmers in their early years. And even those that were may be dealing with pain or injury issues. We as masters swimmers just need to be more flexible in accepting a wider set of differences, BUT if you want to swim 200s while the coach's set is 10 x 100s why are you even on the team???
I love my "team". We're just glad to get a work out in and happy when it's over!!:)
I really don't see what being a triathlete or not has to do with anything and if people use equipment or not. Personally I'm a purist when it comes to practice eschewing pull buoys and fins unless they are for a specific purpose or set, but if someone feels the need to wear them, that's there business.
Lane choice should be nothing more than a speed issue. Those of like speed should be able to share a lane while of course having somewhat even lane traffic (5 in one lone and only 1 in another doesn't make a whole lot of sense either).
Even though I'm 43, I prefer a strict coach, but most of the people in our group were not competitive swimmers in their early years. And even those that were may be dealing with pain or injury issues. We as masters swimmers just need to be more flexible in accepting a wider set of differences, BUT if you want to swim 200s while the coach's set is 10 x 100s why are you even on the team???
I love my "team". We're just glad to get a work out in and happy when it's over!!:)
