Why does it appear many masters swimmers are taking USMS so seriously?
What's the difference between the typical "selfish train all day", "it's all about me" triathlete and a masters swimmer who seriously trains as hard as they can.... particularly to focus on setting masters records?
Seems like there is a growing parallel between triathletes and many masters swimmers these days.
Isn't it just "masters swimming" for health and fun in the end?
Does a masters record really mean that much?
Is this a good thing? ..... or a turn off for those who look on with amusement.
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Yeah, that's pretty darn accurate. I had an entire lane ridicule me today about my 100 meter swim. Then, it spilled into my lane with the final comment directed at me by a very shy, quiet woman being "yeah, Billy, you suck."
You know, even the ones that say they aren't competitive are still breathing heavy on hard sets and still getting up at 4:45 to make it to practice, so they are just fooling themselves.
I was all prepared to smack jack Puffster last weekend but she's too nice and fast to ridicule. Fort might beat me up. Wookie might smother me with his yetti coat. All I have is this forum, where the only punishment is Matysek banning me for a while when I remind him of his beatdown in CLT last Winter.
:applaud: Not to turn this into a Geek love-fest, but SO TRUE!
I get PLENTY of smack talk thrown at me on a continual basis - mostly at masters and not during USS practices. Saying you suck at the 100 FR is really not too bad in my opinion. But how about these doozies (ironically told to me by two different male world record holders):
"You f'in beech (he's Italian), you didn't offer to lead the lane once."
(Uh, no. . . b/c you're a multiple world record holder!!!)
and my all time favorite, and this may be paraphrased a bit
"You gotta get your big ego out of the way."
(True but annoying to hear at 6 AM.)
I actually think the masters workouts are waaaaaay more competitive than the kid workouts I do. However, many of the masters swimmers swear on their kids' lives that they don't take it seriously. Uh huh.
Yeah, that's pretty darn accurate. I had an entire lane ridicule me today about my 100 meter swim. Then, it spilled into my lane with the final comment directed at me by a very shy, quiet woman being "yeah, Billy, you suck."
You know, even the ones that say they aren't competitive are still breathing heavy on hard sets and still getting up at 4:45 to make it to practice, so they are just fooling themselves.
I was all prepared to smack jack Puffster last weekend but she's too nice and fast to ridicule. Fort might beat me up. Wookie might smother me with his yetti coat. All I have is this forum, where the only punishment is Matysek banning me for a while when I remind him of his beatdown in CLT last Winter.
:applaud: Not to turn this into a Geek love-fest, but SO TRUE!
I get PLENTY of smack talk thrown at me on a continual basis - mostly at masters and not during USS practices. Saying you suck at the 100 FR is really not too bad in my opinion. But how about these doozies (ironically told to me by two different male world record holders):
"You f'in beech (he's Italian), you didn't offer to lead the lane once."
(Uh, no. . . b/c you're a multiple world record holder!!!)
and my all time favorite, and this may be paraphrased a bit
"You gotta get your big ego out of the way."
(True but annoying to hear at 6 AM.)
I actually think the masters workouts are waaaaaay more competitive than the kid workouts I do. However, many of the masters swimmers swear on their kids' lives that they don't take it seriously. Uh huh.
