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.
I just composed a post a lot like gull's, but then I previewed it and gull already said it. Paul, you have pretty much completely rewritten "Mr. Negative"'s original post. If "Mr. Negative" had intended to criticize only a "handful" of people unhealthy enough to state without joking that they care more about their races than about their kids, he could have said so.
Instead he made wide-sweeping statements insulting anyone who takes any aspect of masters swimming at all seriously, and reserving special insult for those who were not "elite" swimmers in their teens and twenties. So of course people who enjoy training and competing enough to frequent a swimming forum got "pissy and defensive." "Mr. Negative" said what he thought would get the biggest rise out of the most readers, which says more about Mr. Negative and his apt name than it does about any of the people who posted defensive responses.
I just composed a post a lot like gull's, but then I previewed it and gull already said it. Paul, you have pretty much completely rewritten "Mr. Negative"'s original post. If "Mr. Negative" had intended to criticize only a "handful" of people unhealthy enough to state without joking that they care more about their races than about their kids, he could have said so.
Instead he made wide-sweeping statements insulting anyone who takes any aspect of masters swimming at all seriously, and reserving special insult for those who were not "elite" swimmers in their teens and twenties. So of course people who enjoy training and competing enough to frequent a swimming forum got "pissy and defensive." "Mr. Negative" said what he thought would get the biggest rise out of the most readers, which says more about Mr. Negative and his apt name than it does about any of the people who posted defensive responses.
