Okay, I'd love to join a masters group but I've never sum on a team before ... most have I think, and I don't know how comfortable/welcome I'd be because I suck (relatively).
Anyone have some stories of their first masters team where they had not swum on a team prior, but brought in the courage to join?
How did it go? How did you become comfortable and keep up?
I never really knew about masters swimming until I had done a few triathlons. I tried it because I was in a different city, alone, hated my job, and needed to do something to workout. I went to my first workout, swam in the slowest lane, but finished the set. I hadn't swam on a team ever before (well unless you count a water polo club in college).
That was about 12 years ago, and I'm still swimming with a masters team. I've moved, been a part of a few teams, and when I travel I find teams to workout with. Since that first workout, I haven't missed more than 2 weeks in a row, and even that is probably a stretch.
If you haven't yet at least tried a masters team, you really should. You can get as much or as little into it as you want. I've gone through phases where I swam 3-4 meets a year, and others (now currently) where I haven't done any. Most teams have both formal and informal social activities, dinners, happy hours, or even just a couple people meeting at Starbucks after workout.
I never really knew about masters swimming until I had done a few triathlons. I tried it because I was in a different city, alone, hated my job, and needed to do something to workout. I went to my first workout, swam in the slowest lane, but finished the set. I hadn't swam on a team ever before (well unless you count a water polo club in college).
That was about 12 years ago, and I'm still swimming with a masters team. I've moved, been a part of a few teams, and when I travel I find teams to workout with. Since that first workout, I haven't missed more than 2 weeks in a row, and even that is probably a stretch.
If you haven't yet at least tried a masters team, you really should. You can get as much or as little into it as you want. I've gone through phases where I swam 3-4 meets a year, and others (now currently) where I haven't done any. Most teams have both formal and informal social activities, dinners, happy hours, or even just a couple people meeting at Starbucks after workout.
