Masters Swimmers Acting Like Triathletes

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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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  • qbrain I'm aware of the rule. I just don't agree that the word "ejaculation", in the context it was used, constitutes a breach of it. Wow! Yowser! Woooooohooooooo! Chicken, you are a very perspicacious Aussie! Perhaps you could help the irate esquire! Note that I was using the first, i.e., primary definition of ejcaculation. Absolutely no offense intended. And only the most niggardly of spirits would even jump to such a slanderous conclusion! Noun1.ejaculation - an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotioninterjection exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" 2.ejaculation - the discharge of xxx in xxx expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" nocturnal emission - ejaculation during sleep (usually during a dream) premature ejaculation - ejaculation during the early stages of xxxx excitement or soon after the insertion of the xxxx into the xxxx Note: I have edited out everything objectionable from the secondary and course definition of the word.
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  • qbrain I'm aware of the rule. I just don't agree that the word "ejaculation", in the context it was used, constitutes a breach of it. Wow! Yowser! Woooooohooooooo! Chicken, you are a very perspicacious Aussie! Perhaps you could help the irate esquire! Note that I was using the first, i.e., primary definition of ejcaculation. Absolutely no offense intended. And only the most niggardly of spirits would even jump to such a slanderous conclusion! Noun1.ejaculation - an abrupt emphatic exclamation expressing emotioninterjection exclaiming, exclamation - an abrupt excited utterance; "she gave an exclamation of delight"; "there was much exclaiming over it" 2.ejaculation - the discharge of xxx in xxx expelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" nocturnal emission - ejaculation during sleep (usually during a dream) premature ejaculation - ejaculation during the early stages of xxxx excitement or soon after the insertion of the xxxx into the xxxx Note: I have edited out everything objectionable from the secondary and course definition of the word.
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