My masters coach, who used to coach high schoolers, insists that we do (lately all) kick sets with running shoes (all stroke kicks, usually 5 sets of 100 or 2 hundred). I absolutely hate it! I can't feel the water on my feet, I feel like it's way too much effort to make any positive forward movement, and don't see how it will make me a faster swimmer. :bitching: So, am I just a big whiner, or do any of you see any benefit from a masters swimmer swimming with running shoes?
The evil side of me does some running - 1 marathon, several 1/2s and now social running with buddies on weekends to keep up the conditioning and maybe do duathlons or tri's. I used a worn-out pair of running shoes. Some others used canves type shoes, they had a much easier time of it than I did. Everyone hates or hated it, but now that I have really rebelled, the coach is not assigning as many sets and he no longer fights me when I don't bring them, he just shortens my interval - I'd much rather have a shorter interval!!:fish2:
The evil side of me does some running - 1 marathon, several 1/2s and now social running with buddies on weekends to keep up the conditioning and maybe do duathlons or tri's. I used a worn-out pair of running shoes. Some others used canves type shoes, they had a much easier time of it than I did. Everyone hates or hated it, but now that I have really rebelled, the coach is not assigning as many sets and he no longer fights me when I don't bring them, he just shortens my interval - I'd much rather have a shorter interval!!:fish2:
