Masters Swimmers Acting Like Triathletes

Actually yes...I chose to swim the 100 fly and 500 free on the last day instead of the 100 free and have never stopped hearing from the "competition" how much of a *** I was for dodging them...but they ended up owing me $$$ for not taking my time down...which was the bet..not the record. The same "culture" is now setting odds over a combined time swimming the 50, 100, 200 @ 500/400...loser(s) will pay $$$, winners will dish abuse for the next 12 months....want a piece of the action? Have we met? Careful Mr. Smith..... Masters swimming is not to be taken too lightly. These are all dedicated performances and stand as a measurement of the person. Betting on races makes a mockery of what it's all about.

The point of John's thread is clear. Those of us who are not now and never were elite swimmers should not take Masters swimming "too seriously" (as defined arbitrarily by him and other elite swimmers). We are free to pursue the sport for purposes of fun and health, of course, but should not blog about our experiences nor (heaven forbid) post "body shots" (unless, I assume, we are flabby old swimmers, in which case we cannot be accused of lacking in humility). Sadly I think you are right. I think the more important question is what course of events has lead to this loathsome outburst and can anything be done to help? I think I have the answer to both of those questions and I would like to offer my help. You see, I don't think this has anything to do with swimming, but rather stems from a recent problem that Mr. N has developed. The solution: www.bostonmedicalgroup.com/the-boston-method

To the OP: What, exactly, qualifies as "elite?" most people define elite as the level that they achieved.

What, exactly, qualifies as "elite?" I edited my post--what I meant was "certain other elite swimmers". I swim alongside former all Americans (and one Olympian) who apparently "don't get it" either according to White Buffalo. They take their training seriously, invest in tech suits, worry about their tapers, and find nothing "amusing" about record setting, top ten times, and the level of competition in Masters. Yet they are all great guys, encouraging everyone on the team from slowest to fastest, which is what gets me out of bed every morning.

So where are the photos of them on the beach? And they don't have blogs either. Of course, as elite swimmers, they are held to a different standard. I changed my avatar when John posted the following: But in the end.... really..... should master's swimmers care about the difference between a LZR and a Jaked? They both do an effective job of holding in your flabby gut, and that is what old people really need. I'm 51, I don't have a flabby gut, and I do care about the difference between a LZR and a Jaked.

In any event, please check back later to see the photo, that is, if it can clear legal and stave off any last minute stays by Scallia, Roberts, and other close personal ideaological cronies of "Negative Buffalo." (Sorry for the in-house slang here. The staff at forums.usms.org/blog.php has begun referring to Mr. Negative and White Buffalo simply as Negative Buffalo, kind of like "Brangelina" or "Bennifer"--a linguistic merging, if you will, of dewy-eyed sex partners whose mutual admiration of corporal superiority leads to a fusion of body and soul of which we little people simply cannot get enough vicarious news.) Jim, I hate to intervene in what has clearly become a passionate screed (if not outright obsession) for you, but "Negative Buffalo" seems a little wordy still, somehow not tripping off the tongue quite as easily as the cited examples of mash-up names of the allegedly corporeally superior Beautiful Couples. Might I suggest Neguffalo? Or Buffaneg?

Jim, I hate to intervene in what has clearly become a passionate screed (if not outright obsession) for you, but "Negative Buffalo" seems a little wordy still, somehow not tripping off the tongue quite as easily as the cited examples of mash-up names of the allegedly corporeally superior Beautiful Couples. Might I suggest Neguffalo? Or Buffaneg? You, sir, have a job anytime you want it as a staff writer at my award-winning vlog. Your suggestions are both so brilliant that I cannot bring myself to decide which is superior. Perhaps we should put the question directly to Mr. Negative and Mr. Buffalo. To wit, which of you fellows is the regular top, and which the regular bottom?

Apparently so. I am not at all sure who Mr. Negative and Mr. White Buffalo are, but it would appear that they are, in spirit if not legally, married at the hips.

BREAKING NEWS! AUTHENTICATED PHOTO OF BUFFANEG PUBLISHED ON SWIMMING VLOG! CLICK HERE TO VIEW IDENTITIES OF THESE ELUSIVE EXEMPLARS OF "CAN DISH IT BUT NOT TAKE IT" CHURLISHNESS!!!! forums.usms.org/blog.php

BREAKING NEWS! AUTHENTICATED PHOTO OF BUFFANEG PUBLISHED ON SWIMMING VLOG! CLICK HERE TO VIEW IDENTITIES OF THESE ELUSIVE EXEMPLARS OF "CAN DISH IT BUT NOT TAKE IT" CHURLISHNESS!!!! forums.usms.org/blog.php Jim, although I don't begrudge you your penchant for gay porn and spending hours at Neverland Ranch...I now can say that I have some idea of how Fort & Creampuff must feel knowing that you are spending so much time using photoshop with their photos... However I can only say that your "researchers" flatter me with their assumption that I'm one of the two anonymous posters. I never have posted under an alias and never will...but nice try...and keep searching!