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.
Now back to my question: Does it seem like there are more and more people getting wound up in USMS like the obsessed training triathletes nuts these days?
This is not my observation in the least. I won't draw broad conclusions based on what I see alone but I have a lot of obsessed tri friends (serious distances) and a lot of obsessed swim friends and there really is not much comparison in overall training times. Even my swim friends who are weight training will still put in, at best, 2/3s the time of the tri friends. Wonder what others see?
Now back to my question: Does it seem like there are more and more people getting wound up in USMS like the obsessed training triathletes nuts these days?
This is not my observation in the least. I won't draw broad conclusions based on what I see alone but I have a lot of obsessed tri friends (serious distances) and a lot of obsessed swim friends and there really is not much comparison in overall training times. Even my swim friends who are weight training will still put in, at best, 2/3s the time of the tri friends. Wonder what others see?
