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.
puff mamma: why didn't you call me, of course i have some choice italian words... mandalo a fanculo.
mr. negative: masters is many things to swimmers. for the elder crowd it is a chance to relive days gone by, for the fitness swimmer maybe overweight one- it is the joy of losing weight and not having sore knees from running or other exercises.
for the tri guy or gal who wants to better their swim time. the ex collegiate who wants to swim but not compete but be able to eAT like they did in college. and the last group- the uber competitive. the ones in this group are hardest on themselves. Puff, is right, masters swimmers talk a lot of trash( guilty am i ) and psych outs. it is all in fun. what is somebody's idea of fun may not be anothers,
yeesh, go with the flow.
: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.
puff mamma: why didn't you call me, of course i have some choice italian words... mandalo a fanculo.
mr. negative: masters is many things to swimmers. for the elder crowd it is a chance to relive days gone by, for the fitness swimmer maybe overweight one- it is the joy of losing weight and not having sore knees from running or other exercises.
for the tri guy or gal who wants to better their swim time. the ex collegiate who wants to swim but not compete but be able to eAT like they did in college. and the last group- the uber competitive. the ones in this group are hardest on themselves. Puff, is right, masters swimmers talk a lot of trash( guilty am i ) and psych outs. it is all in fun. what is somebody's idea of fun may not be anothers,
yeesh, go with the flow.
: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.
