I am putting together a list of Fitness Events and Challenges available to USMS members. These could be virtual, postal, logs, or anything any club has come up with to motivate folks to swim more. If you know of any such event would you please post it on this thread. I promise to post a final list in a compact form if I get some responders. I already know about GTD, Postal 5K/10K, and the Hour Swim series. Thank you, Robin Walker
12,000 yards of Christmas (link in pdf): hazyracing.weebly.com/.../12000postal2011.pdf
TAM postal 1650, www.tammasters.org/index.html
BLSDA postal (link on left side): http://www.bldsa.org.uk/
You mention USMS's one hour, 5/10K, and GTD, but how about the 3000/6000 yard postals?
I've done the brute squad before. Holy crap that was hard, but the T-Shirt was awesome. Someone out there used to host a 15-min postal, which was intense.
Thanks in advance for the list. I tire sometimes searching the internet for these postals.
Similar to the Brute Squad, the Canby Gators host an annual Animal Meet, where you swim the 1000 free, 400 IM, and 200 fly. (They also have 500/200/100 and 200/100/50 divisions so that they get more than 5 entries :D).
www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Thanks That Guy!!!
AWESOME!!!! Thanks guys! I hope more roll in here too!
I am the new Fitness person in Indiana and I'm compiling a page of challenges people could do! I will post a link here when I think i'm done!
www.brutesquadswim.com
Info should get updated as the dates get closer (usually done between Nov. and Dec. each year)
Annual Brute Squad open to anyone around the nation. Can be done in SCY or SCM, either in a meet or in a practice.
It doesn't even have to be timed (for the competition awards), can be done solely for the love of swimming the three greatest events ever:
400 IM, 200 Fly, 1650 (1500) Free
Get a Brute Squad T-shirt or Sweatshirt as well.
Similar to the Brute Squad, the Canby Gators host an annual Animal Meet, where you swim the 1000 free, 400 IM, and 200 fly. (They also have 500/200/100 and 200/100/50 divisions so that they get more than 5 entries :D).
www.clubassistant.com/.../meet_information.cfm
Swimsuit Addict has us trying a Turducken set around the holidays - I offered it to our team but no one else was hungry enough to try it.
What about the Butternuts? www.grinswim.org/.../butternuts.html
usms.org has the postal swims on the calendar on the main page.
Not sure how long this is open, but I supported the girls from MI here: http://www.channelforals.org/
Of course, FLOGging is a great motivator, too!
Hi Folks,
Last year Minnesota Masters hosted a series of Postal Pentathlon swims. I did them all.
Sprint Pentathlon = 50 of everything plus a 100 IM
Middle Distance Pentathlon = 100 of everything plus a 200 IM
Iron Man Pentathlon = 200 of evrything plus a 400 IM
I received a nice t-shirt, some certificates, and a trophy for my efforts.
I think I was the only participant from California. Hilarious.
Thank you Minnesota!
30x100 on 1:10 is a great one that no one actually wants to do but people talk a lot about.
For working on your tan:
- Maui Channel Relay
- Waikiki Roughwater
- Bermuda Round the Sound
Really any open water event.
I didn't see the check off challenge mentioned yet.
Oh how could I forget the hardest fitness challenge of all? The getoutofbedforearlymorningpractice event! If there is something more difficult out there, I have not come across it.
