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?
It also seems to me that there are a (sizeable?) number of "hidden" masters swimmers who are very fast. They train fairly regularly but rarely compete.
Every once in awhile they'll come out of the woodwork for a big meet near them, swim some very fast times, and then disappear.
My daughter's swim coach competes occasionally. She came to a masters SCM meet early on a Saturday morning two years ago, set a masters' world record and was back at a USA-S meet to coach before 10 a.m.
It also seems to me that there are a (sizeable?) number of "hidden" masters swimmers who are very fast. They train fairly regularly but rarely compete.
Every once in awhile they'll come out of the woodwork for a big meet near them, swim some very fast times, and then disappear.
My daughter's swim coach competes occasionally. She came to a masters SCM meet early on a Saturday morning two years ago, set a masters' world record and was back at a USA-S meet to coach before 10 a.m.
