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.
Is that a west coast thing? Cause that's for sure not the way I remember it here on the right coast. Heat sheets were paper gold and were disected in great detail. And it's not a generational thing as you and I are from the same age bracket :-)
I grew up in Michigan, though. Maybe my memory is failing me. It just seems like I remember things like watching the Olympics then talking about the races at practice and many of my teammates hadn't even watched.
It's great, though, when you get a chance to talk swimming. Last summer in Portland I shared a hotel room with my old college teammate Alec Mull. Olympic swimming was going on at the time and we got the chance to watch and talk about lots of the races when we were back at the hotel after the meet.
Is that a west coast thing? Cause that's for sure not the way I remember it here on the right coast. Heat sheets were paper gold and were disected in great detail. And it's not a generational thing as you and I are from the same age bracket :-)
I grew up in Michigan, though. Maybe my memory is failing me. It just seems like I remember things like watching the Olympics then talking about the races at practice and many of my teammates hadn't even watched.
It's great, though, when you get a chance to talk swimming. Last summer in Portland I shared a hotel room with my old college teammate Alec Mull. Olympic swimming was going on at the time and we got the chance to watch and talk about lots of the races when we were back at the hotel after the meet.
