I'm guilty of it. I imagine we're all guilty of it: seeing a meet announcement and seeing our favorite two events back to back, or four events we want to swim on one day and then only 1 then next day. We get irritated and wonder why the meet director couldn't have designed this to better suit our needs? We moan at workout, whine on the forums, ***** on our blogs, etc. I'd like to encourage my fellow forumites to join me in taking a pledge:
I hereby pledge to:
just be grateful that there are volunteers, teams and facilities willing to host Masters meets,
recognize that no matter how hard these dedicated volunteers try, they'll never be able to create the order of events that satisfies all Masters swimmer,
recognize that, even if I can't swim those two favorite events in this meet because they are back to back (or whatever my complaint is), I've got a multi-decade Masters career ahead of me in which to swim them at different meets,
to, therefore, stop whining/moaning about the order of events, and
look at a different order of events as an opportunity to branch out and try new events!
Signed,
Patrick "Indebted to Masters Meet Directors/Officials/Volunteers" Brundage
plus always put distance events at the end of each day
Personally, I think this idea is horrible. Don't take it badly... I just swim my 1650s best when they're first thing on the day, instead of waiting till the end after I've already swum 4 other events plus relays prior to a distance event.
Last weekend I did my distance race with a best time 1000 split (age group record) in my 1650, and then 30 minutes later popped off a masters personal best 200 Fly as well. Had the 1650 been at the end of the meet, I doubt I would've made the 1000 time I was going for.
plus always put distance events at the end of each day
Personally, I think this idea is horrible. Don't take it badly... I just swim my 1650s best when they're first thing on the day, instead of waiting till the end after I've already swum 4 other events plus relays prior to a distance event.
Last weekend I did my distance race with a best time 1000 split (age group record) in my 1650, and then 30 minutes later popped off a masters personal best 200 Fly as well. Had the 1650 been at the end of the meet, I doubt I would've made the 1000 time I was going for.
