So I am trying to make a plan for swimming a few meets this year, and I have come to the point to figure out how to deal with the fact that I am really really hairy.
Do most masters swimmers shave for most meets? It would be a major deal for me to shave, and it stubbles really fast. I am not worried a lot about cosmetics. I don't mind being the hairy guy. But I do mind that I will not swim nearly as fast, and if everyone else my age is shaved down, I might feel out of place.
So how hairy are the masters swimmers?
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I guess I have to fess up. I am 57, very hairy and I shave my body every summer. OK so there, I said it.
Actually I only have been doing it the last 2 years. I did it for an important OW race and found that it felt great. I also compete in triathlons and I found that during training and racing I felt like I had taken off a blanket - which is how I now refer to my annual transformation. Just to put it in perspective, at a recent underwater video clinic I was the only one that looked like they had any body hair. In fact everyone was surprised that a grizzly bear could swim so well.
I guess I have to fess up. I am 57, very hairy and I shave my body every summer. OK so there, I said it.
Actually I only have been doing it the last 2 years. I did it for an important OW race and found that it felt great. I also compete in triathlons and I found that during training and racing I felt like I had taken off a blanket - which is how I now refer to my annual transformation. Just to put it in perspective, at a recent underwater video clinic I was the only one that looked like they had any body hair. In fact everyone was surprised that a grizzly bear could swim so well.
