Master Swim

[Ryan "Mo" Morrison]

So I was just going to write an email to Kevin, but then I thought, I'm probably not the only one who has thought about this. And this is what the Forum is for....

I've always been intimidated by the name "master swim, which has always kept me from attending the swim sessions. I've always imagined it being like a 6th grader playing basketball with a bunch of college guys. You just don't belong. But the 5:30-6:30 master swim session fits right into my schedule. It makes my stomach twist to think I'm going to start to wake up at 5:00 to go swim, but its hard with my schedule to make some of the swim sessions in the afternoon and evening. Do I just show up and stick in the slowest lane? Is it required to have a kick turn:D? A freestyle kick:D? Any suggestions?

[Kelly]

Don't know if I can be of any help but even I have jumped into the masters swim sessions in the a.m. I just talked to the lifeguard to see who was slow and jumped in that lane. O I don't flip turn either.

Kelly

[AntonioGonzalez]

5:30am fits with your schedule?! What? That must be a typo.

[JimB]

Mo - Come join us at 5:30am. There are swimmers of all speeds at the workout. The two lanes closest to the rec pool are for the Jeff Erwin's and Kevin Everett's of the world and then each lane gets progressively more realistic. 95% of the time there is a coach, Carl or Evan and I would say only half the people swimming are true "master" swimmers with the rest of the group Tri folks getting in some training.

No better day than this Friday to start. Carl will be there as the coach.

[LauraH]

Sounds like your question primarily relates to Master's Swimming at the DownTown Y, but I wanted to add some information about Master's Swim at West Y.

I live much closer to West Y, and so swim there: Master's swim from 5:15 - 6:15am.

Because the pool at West Y is so much larger, there's less need to share lanes. (We frequently just split lanes rather than circle swimming). The new coach, Tony has been great. He's very helpful, and welcoming of all level's of swimmers. He's even willing to write out a workout for whatever your swimming level is.

I'd say about half the "regulars" are Triathletes.

So, all levels, don't be afraid - if West Y is closer for ya, it's a great group!

Oh yeah - and I don't flip turn either. :P