It's been cool for me over the last few years seeing and competing against a number of guys from both my age group and collegiate days. However, when I think back to my college team, in particular, I'm struck by how many guys are NOT back swimming and competing in Masters. I realize this is probably the wrong audience to ask (since we're back in the pool), but, since for me swimming & competing go hand in hand and I love swimming, I'm still puzzled why more people don't come back to the sport and to racing?
why people don't come back
- had a bad experience (see the "banned for life" thread for examples)
- burnout
- injury
- no access to a pool
- got fat and lazy (I did for a few years)
- don't know that Masters is fun
- don't know about the 80-20 rule (roughly speaking, you get 80% of the conditioning from 20% of the training). Phelps says he's going to be done swimming when he's 30. However, I'd bet money that he does not know about the 80-20 rule yet...
why people don't come back
- had a bad experience (see the "banned for life" thread for examples)
- burnout
- injury
- no access to a pool
- got fat and lazy (I did for a few years)
- don't know that Masters is fun
- don't know about the 80-20 rule (roughly speaking, you get 80% of the conditioning from 20% of the training). Phelps says he's going to be done swimming when he's 30. However, I'd bet money that he does not know about the 80-20 rule yet...
